Robert H. Storey

A native of Collingwood, Ontario, Storey got into bobsleigh in the mid-1960s. He first became known when was part of the Canadian four-man team who crashed on the bobsleigh track at Lake Placid, New York, in the United States in February 1966 that took the life of Italian-born, Canadian-emigrated Sergio Zardini and severely injured fellow bobsledder Michael Young.{{cite web |url=http://sportsmississauga.org/famehall/young.htm |title=Mississauga Sports Hall of Fame profile Michael Young featuring Storey |publisher=Sportsmississauga.org |accessdate=January 4, 2012 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175339/http://sportsmississauga.org/famehall/young.htm |url-status=dead }}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,835216,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302083812/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,835216,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 2, 2009 |title="The Deadly Zig-Zag". TIME. March 4, 1966 |magazine=Time |date=March 4, 1966 |accessdate=January 4, 2012}} Competing in two Winter Olympic games, Storey earned his best finish of 14th in the two-man event at Sapporo in 1972.{{Cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/olim/1968w/Bobsleigh_Doubles.html|title = Bobsleigh Doubles Olympic Games 1968 Grenoble, France - Sunday 11.02 Alpe-D'Huez}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/olim/1968w/Bobsleigh_Fours.html|title=Bobsleigh Fours Olympic Games 1968 Grenoble, France - Saturday 17.02 Alpe-D'Huez}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/olim/1972w/Bobsleigh_Doubles.html|title = Bobsleigh Doubles Olympic Games 1972 Sapporo (JPN) - 04,05.02}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/olim/1972w/Bobsleigh_Fours.html|title=Bobsleigh Fours Olympic Games 1972 Sapporo (JPN) - 10,11.02}} He became a coach for the Canadian bobsleigh team for the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, earning their best finish of 17th in the four-man event.{{Cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/olim/1976w/Bobsleigh_Doubles.html|title = Bobsleigh Doubles Olympic Games 1976 Innsbruck (AUT) - 06.07.02 Igls}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/olim/1976w/Bobsleigh_Fours.html|title=Bobsleigh Fours Olympic Games 1976 Innsbruck (AUT) - 13.14.02 Igls}} From 1976 to 1994, he served as president of Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton twice.Canoe.ca 1998 article on Storey – accessed April 12, 2008. In 1984, Storey was elected to serve as Vice President of FIBT"Bobsleigh and Olympism". Olympic Review. December 1984. p. 1016. and became FIBT President in 1994, a position served until 2010 when he was defeated 22–20 for a fifth term by former Italian bobsledder Ivo Ferriani.[http://www.sportaccord.com/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0,8510,5035-146553-163769-29306-115840-custom-item,00.html Sportaccord.com profile of Storey.] – accessed April 12, 2008.{{FIBT link|url1 = http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=88&tx_ttnews|bracket1 = tt_news|url2 = =1666&tx_ttnews|bracket2 = backPid|url3 = =2&cHash=832ffadb11|title = Ferriani Elected President of FIBT.}} (September 12, 2010 article accessed September 13, 2010.) Besides being FIBT President, Storey served on the Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations, the General Association of International Sports Federations, the Canadian Olympic Committee, and served on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sport and the Environment Committee.[http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=30417884&capId=25039993&previousCapId=25039993&previousTitle=Canadian%20Satellite%20Radio%20Holdings%20Inc Businessweek.com profile of Storey]{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} – accessed April 13, 2008. In bidding for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, he served as Chief International Strategist for which Vancouver was awarded in July 2003.{{cite web|url=http://www.gamesbids.com/english/archives/past.shtml |title=archives of past awards of Olympic Games |publisher=Gamesbids.com |accessdate=January 4, 2012}} Storey served on the Coordination Commission for the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, a commission chaired by International Ski Federation (FIS) President Gian Franco Kasper and includes International Skating Union President Ottavio Cinquanta and fellow Canadian Beckie Scott, the first North American woman to medal in cross country skiing at the Winter Olympics.FIS Newsflash 221. March 4, 2008.

After retiring from competitive bobsleigh in the early 1970s, Storey became involved in the communication and broadcasting business in Canada. During his broadcasting career, he founded South Fraser Broadcasting Limited, and later served as president of Teraca Communications. Storey was later a consultant for Masabe and Company. In 2005, he joined the Board of Directors for the Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. which is headquartered in Toronto.[http://www.cdnsatrad.com/index.php?id=2&sub=2&profile=7&board=1 Canadian Standard Radio (now XM Radio Canada) profile of Storey.] – accessed April 13, 2008. Storey also serves on several boards of directors for broadcasting companies both in Canada and in the United States. He was able to parlay his broadcasting success into increased television and later internet coverage for the FIBT.

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