Jon Montgomery comes home

After a big, gold medal win in Skeleton at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Jon Montgomery is heading back to Manitoba and the place where he grew up. Montgomery will be arriving at the Richardson International Airport in Winnipeg on Friday, March 12th.

A crowd of fans is expected to greet him upon his return on Air Canada Flight 263 at 2:42 p.m. before he makes his way out to Russell.

He is scheduled to take part in a national celebration in his honour set for Sunday, March 14.

Before his big Olympic win, Montgomery worked as a car salesman and auctioneer when not competing.

Jon's positive attitude and personality made him very popular with media throughout the Olympics, even appearing with Oprah Winfrey on her television show.

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  Jon Montgomery of Canada celebrates his gold medal win in the men's skeleton competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

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  Canada's Jon Montgomery gestures after his third run of men's skeleton competition at the Whistler Sliding Centre at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games in Whistler, B.C., Friday, Feb. 19, 2010. (CP/Jeff McIntosh)

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  Jon Montgomery of Canada gets a kiss from his girlfriend Darla Deschamps after he won gold in the men's skeleton competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)