Sylvia Sweeney

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sylvia Sweeney
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Oct 3, 1956(1956-10-03)
Age	68
Birthplace	Montreal
Country	Canada
Birth City	Quebec
Horoscope	Libra

Sylvia Sweeney Biography

Sylvia Sweeney is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on October 3, 1956 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Sylvia Sweeney, CM (born on October 3, 1956) is a Canadian executive producer on television and an Olympian.

Sweeney participated throughout France with L’Association Sportif Montferrandaise (ASM) which was sponsored by Michelin Tires. She was employed by Michelin in the year 1980. She was employed in the department of economic forecasting.

Sweeney is the founder of Elitha Peterson Productions Incorporated and International Performing Arts for All. She has produced award-winning documentary programming for WTSN, W Network, TVOntario, History Television and Vision TV. Her award-winning television productions include In the Key of Oscar, a 1992 documentary on Oscar Peterson.

In 1994 Sweeney was inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame as a Player.

Sweeney was named as captain in the Canadian national team during the years 1979-84. Her final international match was at Los Angeles at the 1984 Olympic Games, when the Canadian team placed 4th place.

Sylvia Sweeney Net Worth

Sylvia Sweeney is one of the richest Basketball Player from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sylvia Sweeney 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sweeney was a basketball player for her Quebec Provincial Basketball Team in 1972. She was on that year’s Canadian Olympic basketball team as a player with Basketball Canada. Sweeney was part of the Concordia Stingers in 1977 and the Laurentian Lady Vees in 1978 and 1979. The Concordia team reached the finals of the National Championships in the year 1977 and Laurentian’s team took home the title in 1979. Sweeney was named to be the Most Valuable Player in the World Championships in 1979 in Seoul, Korea FIBA. She was also named Canadian flag bearer at in 1979 for the Pan American Games in Mexico.

Sylvia Sweeney was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The daughter of music instructor Daisy Sweeney and railway cook James Sweeney, and the niece of the jazz music legend Oscar Peterson. She was accepted into the Department of Performance (classical piano) McGill University in 1973. At McGill University she played on McGill Martlets. McGill Martlets basketball team, breaking the record for the most points scored in a single game.

In 1983, Sweeney worked as a researcher for CBC Television in Montreal. She was hired as an editorial assistant in 1984. In 1985 she was hired by CBMT Newswatch as a writer/broadcaster and sportscaster. In 1986 she was hired for CBC in Montreal to work in the department of current affairs news programming. In 1988, she was a journalist for CBC National News for the 1988 Calgary Olympics. In 1989 she was the weekend anchor for CBC Television in Montreal, and that same year was hired as a journalist and host for CTV’s W-FIVE. In this era she also worked in music management, most notably for the funk/R&B band Tchukon.

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In 2004 Sweeney was named the president of International Performing Arts for All (IPAFA), the official supplier of arts and entertainment to the Canadian Paralympic Committee. Sweeney produced the 2004 Paralympic Salute to Canadian Athletes in Athens, Greece.

Facts & Trivia

Sylvia Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Sylvia Sweeney celebrates birthday on October 3 of every year.

In 2009 Sweeney was the executive producer of the Quest for Excellence documentary that was broadcast on Bravo Television in Canada.