{"id":1731,"date":"2025-02-24T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T17:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kidsportcanada.ca\/alberta\/edmonton\/?post_type=news_stories&#038;p=1731"},"modified":"2025-02-25T08:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T15:34:07","slug":"bhm-kenny-mpindou","status":"publish","type":"news_stories","link":"https:\/\/kidsportcanada.ca\/alberta\/edmonton\/fr\/news-stories\/bhm-kenny-mpindou\/","title":{"rendered":"Black History Month Feature: Kenny M&#8217;Pindou, KidSport Ambassador &amp; National Bobsleigh Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrating Black History Month at KidSport Edmonton, we are featuring some notable members of the Edmonton Black Community who have made significant contributions to the sporting world-whether as athletes, coaches, mentors, or general members of the community.<\/p>\n<p>Our second feature is Kenny M&#8217;Pindou, KidSport Edmonton Ambassador and\u00a0<span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobsleighcanadaskeleton.ca\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian National Bobsleigh<\/a> team member<\/span>. Kenny&#8217;s story is inspiring and is proof that resilience and hard work are vital for success. A sport career pivot during the Covid pandemic shifted Kenny&#8217;s focus from the grass of the soccer pitch to the ice of the bobsleigh track. Kenny has also faced challenges with injuries and opening up and gaining the confidence and comfort of living with a stutter. We are proud to call Kenny a KidSport Edmonton Ambassador.<\/p>\n<p>To view the feature below as PDF please click here: <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/Kenny-MPindou-Feature-Article.pdf\">Kenny M&#8217;Pindou Feature<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1734 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/6-1-1131x1600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1131\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/6-1-1131x1600.png 1131w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/6-1-566x800.png 566w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/6-1-768x1086.png 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/6-1-1086x1536.png 1086w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/6-1-8x12.png 8w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/6-1.png 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1131px) 100vw, 1131px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1740 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/7-2-1131x1600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1131\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/7-2-1131x1600.png 1131w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/7-2-566x800.png 566w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/7-2-768x1086.png 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/7-2-1086x1536.png 1086w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/7-2-8x12.png 8w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/7-2.png 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1131px) 100vw, 1131px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1736 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/8-1-1131x1600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1131\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/8-1-1131x1600.png 1131w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/8-1-566x800.png 566w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/8-1-768x1086.png 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/8-1-1086x1536.png 1086w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/8-1-8x12.png 8w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/117\/8-1.png 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1131px) 100vw, 1131px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1733,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[14],"class_list":["post-1731","news_stories","type-news_stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Black History Month Feature: Kenny M&#039;Pindou, KidSport Ambassador &amp; National Bobsleigh Member - Edmonton<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kidsportcanada.ca\/alberta\/edmonton\/fr\/news-stories\/bhm-kenny-mpindou\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Black History Month Feature: Kenny M&#039;Pindou, KidSport Ambassador &amp; National Bobsleigh Member - Edmonton\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Celebrating Black History Month at KidSport Edmonton, we are featuring some notable members of the Edmonton Black Community who have made significant contributions to the sporting world-whether as athletes, coaches, mentors, or general members of the community. 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