Candi Clarkson-De Gazon OLY (née Clarkson born 30 November 1958) (other last names, Lohr/Jirik) is a Canadian basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics. In 2013, she was inducted into the Canada Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2014 Candace was inducted into the Ontario Basketball Hall of Fame. Candace was granted the use of the post-nominal letters of OLY by the World Olympians Association in 2023 in recognition of being an Olympian from the 1984 Olympics.
Awards and honors
Top 100 U Sports women's basketball Players of the Century (1920-2020). Bronze Medallist at the 1979 World Championships, Seoul, Korea.
Bronze medallist at 1979 FISU Games, Mexico City, Mexico.
Bronze Medallist at the 1979 PANAM Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Inducted to the University of Guelph Hall of Fame, Sept 1987.
Inducted to Brock University Hall of Fame, 1996.