John Valance Sands (April 17, 1933 – December 31, 2020) was a Canadian speed skater who competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics and 1960 Winter Olympics.
He is a member of the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame and the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame.
[1][2][3] By 1962, Sands had become a coaching staff manager in Mount Royal, Quebec, working alongside Leopold Sylvestre.
[4] He died of pancreatic cancer on December 31, 2020.
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