Don Whittman

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Don Whittman (b: Herbert, Saskatchewan) is a nationally recognized sports broadcaster in Canada.

He has covered a wide variety of sports in his 40-year career. He is a veteran of 18 Olympics, winter and summer; 10 Commonwealth Games; 5 Pan American Games and all but one of the World Track and Field Championships since they were begun in 1983. He has covered World Hockey Championships; World Junior Hockey Championships; 35 consecutive Grey Cup Games and the Canada Summer and Winter Games. He has been on Hockey Night In Canada since 1979 (including 4 Stanley Cup finals).

His voice is linked to curling coverage since 196l which included the Brier, the Scott Tournament of Hearts, Junior and Senior World Championships.

At the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, he called the most-watched races of the Olympics, Donovan Bailey’s 9.84 seconds record-breaking 100m and the Canadian men’s 4 x 100m relay, both gold medal winners.

Wittman attended the University of Saskatchewan and began his broadcasting career as a radio news reporter in 1955 at CFCQ in Saskatoon.

A resident of Winnipeg since 1961, Wittman is a two-time ACTRA award winner and has been inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as well as Manitoba’s provincial Hall of Fame.