Sylvia Sweeney

Sylvia Sweeney (born October 3, 1956) is a Canadian executive television producer and Olympian. She is the daughter of music teacher Daisy Sweeney and railway cook James Sweeney, and the niece of jazz musician Oscar Peterson.

Sylvia Sweeney was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and was admitted into the Department of Performance (classical piano) McGill University in 1973. While at university, she played for the McGill Martlets basketball team, setting the record for most points scored in a game.

Sweeney played basketball with the Quebec Provincial Basketball Team in 1972. She was a member of the 1976 Canadian Olympic basketball team as a player for Basketball Canada. Sweeney played for the Concordia Stingers in 1977 and the Laurentian Lady Vees in 1978 and 1979. Concordia's team made it to the national finals in 1977, and Laurentian's team won the championship in 1979. Sweeney was voted the Most Valuable Player in the World Championships in 1979 in Seoul, Korea FIBA. She was named Canadian flag bearer for the 1979 Pan American Games in Mexico.

Sweeney was selected captain of the Canadian national team in 1979-84. Her last international competition was played in Los Angeles at the 1984 Olympic Games, when the Canadian team finished in 4th place.

Sweeney competed in France for L'Association Sportif Montferrandaise (ASM) sponsored by Michelin Tires. She was hired by Michelin in 1980, and worked in the company's department of economic forecasting.

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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