CanadaB次元官网网址檚 high-performance athletic community lost a key member on Monday (April 2) with the sudden passing of Dr. Gord Sleivert.

The doctor of physiology was vice president of Canadian Sport Centre Pacific and worked out of its office in the Pacific Institute for Sports Excellence in Saanich. Sleivert had been with CSC Pacific since 2003.

He passed on Monday evening while attending meetings in Montreal with Swimming Canada for the 2012 Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Swimming Trials. The cause of death has yet to be released.

B次元官网网址淕ord was instrumental in the creation of PISE, the evolution of sport physiology in Canada, and was a mentor and friend to the entire sport community,B次元官网网址� said Robert Bettauer CEO of PISE.

Sleivert worked with the Own the Podium program and was in regular contact with high performance directors for CanadaB次元官网网址檚 winter and summer sports.

He impacted a number of sports directly, having worked closely with cycling, triathlon, Rugby Canada, Rowing Canada and Swimming Canada in recent years, as well as with Canada's freestyle skiiers in the lead up to the Vancouver Olympics.

B次元官网网址淩ight up until his passing, Gord was doing what heB次元官网网址檚 always done during his eight years with CSC Pacific B次元官网网址� tirelessly supporting athletes and coaches to win more medals for Canada,B次元官网网址� said CSC Pacific CEO Wendy Pattenden.

Sleivert is survived by his wife Kari and children Benjamin, 15, Brianne, 15, and Lachlan, 12.

For the past 15 years Sleivert focused on applied exercise and sport physiology, having studied at UVic, the University of Alberta and in Australia. He was the Canadian team exercise physiologist at the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics.