Sarah Burke, a freestyle skier from Midland who died in 2012, was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame Wednesday.

Sarah was a pioneer in freestyle skiing before a training accident claimed her life at the age of 29.

After her death, the women’s halfpipe and slopestyle ski events were added to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

Sarah’s father, Gord Burke, was on hand for the ceremony on Wednesday.

“It really comes down to just honouring such an incredibly kind human being that played the sport,” said her father Gord Burke. “She worked hard she just played hard and loved what she did every minute of the day.”

“She'd be pretty blown away, I think, that this was happening to her,” he said.

Burke was one of eight people inducted to the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame during the ceremony.