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Brooke McIntosh
Brooke McIntosh (born January 5, 2005) is a Canadian pair skater. With her skating partner, Benjamin Mimar, she is the 2022 NHK Trophy bronze medallist and 2023 Canadian national silver medallist. McIntosh/Mimar are also the 2022 World Junior bronze medallists and 2022 Canadian national junior champions. With her former skating partner, Brandon Toste, she represented Canada at the 2019 World Junior Championships, finishing in the top ten, and the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, finishing fourth. Personal life McIntosh was born on January 5, 2005, in Toronto, Ontario. She is the daughter of Greg McIntosh and Jill Horstead, a former competitive swimmer who competed for Canada at the 1984 Summer Olympics. McIntosh's younger sister, Summer, is also a competitive swimmer and was part of the Canadian team for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Career 2017–18 season In January 2018, McIntosh/Toste won gold in the novice division at the Canadian Championships, setting a new Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ISU Junior Grand Prix In The United States
The ISU Junior Grand Prix in the United States is an international figure skating competition. Sanctioned by the International Skating Union, it is held in the autumn in some years as part of the JGP series. Medals may be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Junior medalists Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing References External links ISU Junior Grand Prixat the International Skating Union U.S. Figure Skating {{Junior Grand Prix Figure skating United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ... International figure skating competitions hosted by the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
The 2022 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships were held on January 6–12, 2022 in Ottawa, Ontario. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance on the senior, junior, and novice levels. The results were part of the Canadian selection criteria for the 2022 World Championships, the 2022 Four Continents Championships, the 2022 World Junior Championships, and the 2022 Winter Olympics. Ottawa was announced as the host in February 2021. The city has hosted the event eleven times previously. Competitors qualified at the Skate Canada Challenge in January. On December 30, 2021, due to the Omicron variant and Ontario COVID-19 public health orders, it was announced that the competition would be held behind closed doors with no spectators, and all tickets refunded. Competitions for the novice level were also postponed to an undetermined future date. The event was later rescheduled for February 26–27 in Calgary, Alberta. Ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ISU Junior Grand Prix In The Czech Republic
The ISU Junior Grand Prix in the Czech Republic (often titled Czech Skate) is an international figure skating competition. Sanctioned by the International Skating Union, it is held in the autumn in some years as part of the JGP series. Medals may be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Junior medalists Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing References External links Event website ISU Junior Grand Prixat the International Skating Union Czech Skating {{Junior Grand Prix Figure skating Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ... JGP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ISU Junior Grand Prix In Slovakia
The ISU Junior Grand Prix in Slovakia (sometimes titled Grand Prize SNP or Skate Slovakia) is an international figure skating competition. Sanctioned by the International Skating Union, it is held in the autumn in some years as part of the JGP series. Medals may be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Junior medalists Men Ladies Pairs †Nagalati and Bobrov were later disqualified from the competition due to a positive doping sample from Nagalati. Ice dancing References External links Event websiteISU Junior Grand Prixat the International Skating Union SLOVENSKÝ KRASOKORČULIARSKY ZVÄZ (Slovak Figure Skating Union) {{Junior Grand Prix Figure skating Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ISU Junior Grand Prix
The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The series was inaugurated in 1997 to complement the senior-level ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Skaters earn qualifying points at each Junior Grand Prix event and the six highest-ranking qualifiers meet at the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, which is held concurrently with the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final. History The ''ISU Junior Series'' was established in the 1997–98 season. Six qualifying competitions took place from late August to early November 1997, leading to the final, which was held in early March 1998. The following season, the series was expanded to eight qualifying events and renamed the ''ISU Junior Grand Prix''. The series was composed of seven quali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
The 2019 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships was held from January 13–20, 2019 in Saint John, New Brunswick. Organized by Skate Canada and sponsored by Canadian Tire, the event determined the national champions of Canada. Medals were be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior, junior, and novice levels. Although the official International Skating Union terminology for female skaters in the singles category is ''ladies'', Skate Canada uses ''women'' officially. The results of this competition were among the selection criteria for the 2019 World Championships, the 2019 Four Continents Championships, and the 2019 World Junior Championships. Saint John was named as the host in January 2018. Competitors qualified at the Skate Canada Challenge held in Edmonton, Alberta in December 2018. This was Saint John's first time hosting this event. The city had previously hosted Skate Canada International three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 7 September 2013. The Games were originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, but due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, on 24 March 2020, the event was postponed to 2021, the first such instance in the history of the Olympic Games (previous games had been cancelled but not rescheduled). However, the event retained the ''Tokyo 2020'' branding for marketing purpose.Multiple sources: * * * It was largely held behind closed doors with no public spectators permitted due to the declaration of a state of emergency in the Greater Tokyo Area in response to the pandemic, the first and so far only Olympic Games to be held without official spectators. The Games were the mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada At The 2020 Summer Olympics
Canada competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's debut in 1900, Canadian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the country's support for United States-led boycott. Before the official postponement, the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee initially announced their intention not to send teams to both the Olympics and Paralympics. Following the announcement on the postponement, the COC and CPC issued a statement that says, in part, that Team Canada "will rise to the challenge to showcase our very best on the international stage," without explicitly saying that Canadian athletes will take part in the games. As part of the Canada Day celebrations held on Parliament Hill, Ottawa in 2019, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer McIntosh
Summer McIntosh (born August 18, 2006) is a Canadian competitive swimmer. A four-time World Aquatics champion and two-time Commonwealth Games gold medalist, she is the current world record holder in the women's 400 metre individual medley. McIntosh first drew recognition when, at age 14, she was the youngest member of the Canadian team for the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she achieved a notable fourth-place finish in the 400 metre freestyle. The following year she became the youngest World Aquatics champion in swimming in over a decade, and the first Canadian to win two gold medals at a single World Championships, for which she was dubbed a "teen swimming sensation." In March and April 2023, in the span of five days, she set her first and second world records, in the 400 metre freestyle and 400 individual medley events, at the Canadian national trials. Personal life McIntosh is the daughter of Greg McIntosh and former Canadian Olympic team swimmer Jill Horstead. Her older sis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the second time that Los Angeles had hosted the Games, the first being in 1932. California was the home state of the incumbent U.S. President Ronald Reagan, who officially opened the Games. These were the first Summer Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch. The 1984 Games were boycotted by a total of fourteen Eastern Bloc countries, including the Soviet Union and East Germany, in response to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; Romania and Yugoslavia were the only Socialist European states that opted to attend the Games. Albania, Iran and Libya also chose to boycott the Games for unrelated reasons. Despite the field being depleted in certain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada At The 1984 Summer Olympics
Canada competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States, held from 28 July to 12 August 1984. Canada returned to the Summer Games after having participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. 408 competitors, 257 men and 151 women, took part in 193 events in 23 sports. Partly due to the Soviet Union-led boycott of these Games, Canada enjoyed its best-ever results at the Summer Games, coming in sixth place in the number of Gold medals won, and fourth place in the total medals won - double their second best total in 1996 and 2016. Medalists Archery Women's individual competition: * Linda Kazienko – 2421 points (→ 25th place) * Lucile Lemay – 2379 points (→ 33rd place) * Wanda Sadegur – 2349 points (→ 36th place) Athletics ;Men's Competition Men's 100 metres * Ben Johnson * Tony Sharpe * Desai Williams Men's 200 metres * Atlee Mahorn * Tony Sharpe * Desai Williams Men's 400 metres * Doug Hinds ** Heat – 46.42 ** Quarterf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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