Kaillie Humphries named Calgary Stampede parade marshal

Calgary Stampede officials have named bobsled championKaillie Humphriesas the parade marshal for this July.

The Stampede runs from July 3 until July 12, with the parade opening the internationally known event.

Humphries says she attends the Stampede every summer and she is honoured to be asked to lead the parade.

"To be asked by the city to lead this year's parade and to know that it's not just sporting accomplishments, but it's whoI am as a person that they really valuethat means a lot to me," she said.

A two-time Olympic bobsled champion,Humphries won the two-woman event at the 2010 Winter Games inVancouver and then successfully defended her title in 2014 in Sochi.

Last November, she piloted a mixed-gender team to the bronzemedal in the Canadian four-man bobsled championships.She trains in Calgary.

Recent Stampede parade marshals include actorWilliam Shatner, astronaut Chris Hadfield, singer Ian Tyson,and 'Man in Motion' Rick Hansen.