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Canada At The 2007 Pan American Games
This is a list of medals won by participants representing Canada at the 2007 Pan American Games. Medals Gold *Men's 400 m hurdles: Adam Kunkel *Men's hammer throw: James Steacy *Men's shot put: Dylan Armstrong *Women's 800 metres: Diane Cummins *Women's 5000 metres: Megan Metcalfe *Women's heptathlon: Jessica Zelinka *Men's singles: Mike Beres *Men's doubles: Mike Beres and William Milroy *Men's K-1 1000 m: Angus Mortimer *Women's K-2 500 m: Kia Byers and Marie-Christine Schmidt *Women's K-1 500 m: Jillian D'Alessio *Women's time trial: Anne Samplonius *Women's mountain-biking: Catharine Pendrel *Men's 3 m springboard: Alexandre Despatie *Women's 10 m platform synchronized: Émilie Heymans and Marie-Ève Marleau *Individual jumping: Jill Henselwood *Men's individual sabre: Philippe Beaudry *Men's tournament: Canada national field hockey team **Ranjeev Deol, Wayne Fernandes, Connor Grimes, Ravi Kahlon, Bindi Kullar, Mike Mahood, Matt Peck, Ken Pereira, Scott San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Olympic Committee
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC; french: Comité olympique canadien) is a private, non-profit organization that represents Canada at the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It is also a member of the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO). History While Canadian athletes first competed at the Olympic Games at Paris 1900 followed by St. Louis 1904, it was not until 1907 that the IOC officially recognized a National Olympic Committee (NOC) for Canada. The next year, Colonel John Hanbury-Williams was recognized as the Chairman of the Canadian Olympic Committee for the London 1908 Olympic Games. Hanbury-Williams became Canada's first IOC member in 1911. After another Canadian Olympic Committee was created with the purpose of organizing a team for the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, it was reported that the IOC wanted permanent NOCs. In 1913, the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada (AAUC) created the Canadian Olympic Association with James Merrick as chairman, a po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catharine Pendrel
Catharine Pendrel (born September 30, 1980) is a Canadian cross-country mountain biker from Harvey Station, New Brunswick. A member of the Canadian National team since 2004, Pendrel was the world champion in cross-country mountain biking in 2011 and 2014 and the 2007 Pan American Games champion. She is also the current reigning Commonwealth Games champion when she won gold in Glasgow. Additionally, Pendrel is the 2010 World Cup Champion as well as the winner of the 2012 UCI and 2016 World Cup Series. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Career Pendrel was a competitive horse rider in eventing prior to selecting mountain biking as her primary sport. Her brother Geoff Pendrel is an elite downhill mountain bike racer. He introduced her to the sport as a child through the trails he built on their horse farm. Pendrel's first race was on a bike borrowed from her brother. She noted that she got into mountain biking because she "sucked at all the school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Peck
Matthew "Matt" Peck (born July 16, 1980 in London, Ontario) is a field hockey player, who played for the Canada national field hockey team as a goalkeeper. He was a member of the VRC Jokers, and played his first international senior tournament in 2005. International senior competitions * 2006 – World Cup Qualifier, Changzou City (10th) * 2006 — Commonwealth Games, Melbourne (9th) * 2007 — Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro (1st) * 2010 — Hockey World Cup The Men's FIH Hockey World Cup is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was started in 1971. It is held every four years, bridging the four years between the Summer O ..., Delhi (11th) ReferencesCanadian Olympic Committee 1980 births Canadian male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Living people Sportspeople from London, Ontario Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Mahood
Michael Mahood (born November 11, 1975, in North Vancouver, British Columbia) is a retired field hockey goalkeeper from Canada, who earned his first international senior cap for the Men's National Team in 1995 against India in Italy. He went on to appear in 196 international matches including two Olympic Games (Sydney 2000, Beijing 2008) and the 1998 World Cup in Utrecht, Holland. In 1999 he was named to the World XI as part of the FIH 75th Anniversary celebrations in Alexandria, Egypt. In his retirement Mahood has become men's tailor in Vancouver, BC. Mike attended Handsworth Secondary School. International senior competitions * 1996 — World Cup Preliminary, Sardinia (2nd) * 1997 — World Cup Qualifier, Kuala Lumpur (5th) * 1998 — World Cup, Utrecht (8th) * 1998 — Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur (not ranked) * 1999 — Sultan Azlan Shah Tournament, Kuala Lumpur (4th) * 1999 — Pan American Games, Winnipeg (1st) * 2000 — Sultan Azlan Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bindi Kullar
Bindi Singh Kullar (born January 11, 1976 in Richmond, British Columbia) is a Canadian field hockey player, who played his first international senior tournament for the Men's National Team in 1996. His father, Pritpal Singh Kullar who hailed from Sansarpur village in Punjab, was also a field hockey player and went on to represent Canada in 1978. International senior competitions * 1996 — World Cup Preliminary, Sardinia (2nd) * 1997 — World Cup Qualifier, Kuala Lumpur (5th) * 1998 — World Cup, Utrecht (8th) * 1998 — Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur (not ranked) * 1999 — Pan American Games, Winnipeg (1st) * 2000 — Americas Cup, Cuba (2nd) * 2000 — Olympic Games, Sydney (10th) * 2001 — World Cup Qualifier, Edinburgh (8th) * 2002 — Commonwealth Games, Manchester (6th) * 2004 — Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Madrid (11th) * 2007 — Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro (1st) * 2008 — Olympic Games The modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravi Kahlon
Ravinder "Ravi" Kahlon (born May 15, 1979) is a Canadian politician and athlete. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia, representing the riding of Delta North since 2017, and member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP). He has served in the cabinet of British Columbia since 2020, currently as Minister of Housing and Government House Leader. As a field hockey player, he has represented Canada at several international events, including the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics. Early life and playing career Kahlon was born and raised in Victoria, British Columbia; his mother was a restauranteur, while his father was a sawmill worker. He was introduced to field hockey by his family at the age of 7, and began playing as a defender in the Victoria League at age twelve. He graduated from Lambrick Park Secondary School, where he also played basketball. He was selected to the junior national field hockey team in 1999 and was named team captain. Kah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connor Grimes
Connor may refer to the following: People * Connor (given name), list of people with this name * Connor (surname) * Harriet Connor Brown (1872-1962), American writer and women's rights activist Places and jurisdictions * Connor, County Antrim, a town in Northern Ireland, seat of: ** the present Anglican Diocese of Connor (Church of Ireland) ** the former Roman Catholic Diocese of Connor, merged into the present Diocese of Down and Connor * Connor Downs, Cornwall, England * Connor, Maine, unincorporated area in Aroostook County, Maine, United States * Mount Connor, Northern Territory, Australia * Connor Battle, Tongue River, American Civil War Other uses * Connor (retailer), an Australian and New Zealand clothing retail chain See also * * Conor * Conner (other) * Connors (other) * O'Connor (other) * Justice Connor (other) {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Fernandes
Wayne Fernandes (born December 29, 1978, in Etobicoke Etobicoke (, ) is an administrative district of, and one of six municipalities amalgamated into, the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Comprising the city's west-end, Etobicoke was first settled by Europeans in the 1790s, and the municipalit ..., Ontario) is a Canadian field hockey player, who earned his first cap in 1996 against Pakistan. Fernandes started playing hockey at the age of ten, and made his first international goal in 1999 against Germany in the Sultan Azlan Shah Tournament, in Kuala Lampur. He is a member of a Canadian club called ''GOA Reds''. Fernandes got the winning goal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. International senior competitions * 2001 — World Cup Qualifier, Edinburgh (8th) * 2002 — Indoor Pan American Cup, Rockville (1st) * 2002 — Commonwealth Games, Manchester (6th) * 2003 — Indoor World Cup, Leipzig (6th) * 2003 — Pan American Games, Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranjeev Deol
Ranjeev Deol (born October 19, 1976 in Lusaka, Zambia) is a Canadian field hockey player, who plays for West Coast Kings HC. Career He played club hockey in the Netherlands since 2003, first at HC Rotterdam then HC MOP and later on with HC Den Bosch and in Australia (Woodville HC). After his international career Ranjeev came back to The Netherlands and returned to HC MOP. After 2 seasons he left MOP and now he is playing for MHC MEP. International career Deol played in the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) and 2010 Hockey World Cup (Delhi) and played his first international senior tournament for the Men's National Team in 1998, at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. In 2000 Deol missed the Summer Olympics in Sydney, where the Canadians finished tenth. Personal life His father Surjeet Singh Deol competed in field hockey for Kenya at two Olympic Games: 1956, 1960. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada Men's National Field Hockey Team
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and territo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Beaudry
Philippe Beaudry (born March 16, 1987) is a Canadian Olympic sabre fencer, twice Pan American champion and eleven-time national champion, both at the junior and senior levels. Career Beaudry's father Paul was a top-level fencer, who qualified to compete in the 1980 Summer Olympics, but was prevented from taking part because of Canada's boycott of the Games. Beaudry's parents met at a fencing class his father was teaching at Université de Montréal. Despite this Beaudry was not pressured into fencing. His first sport was basketball, but he never was passionate about it. At the age of thirteen, after his family came back from Lebanon, where they had spent part of his childhood, he tried fencing because it was offered at his high school and immediately took to the sport. Beaudry made his breakthrough in the 2006–07 season. He won the bronze medal at the 2007 Junior World Championships in Belek after being defeated in the semifinals by Korea's Park Young-jun. He won the gold med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Henselwood
Jill Henselwood (born November 1, 1962) is a Canadian Equestrian Team member who competes in show jumping. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Henselwood (riding her horse Special Ed) won the silver medal as part of the Canadian team in team jumping, together with teammates Mac Cone, Eric Lamaze, and Ian Millar. She lives in Oxford Mills, Ontario. Her horse, an Oldenburg Oldenburg may also refer to: Places *Mount Oldenburg, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica *Oldenburg (city), an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany **Oldenburg (district), a district historically in Oldenburg Free State and now in Lower Saxony *Olde ... gelding named Special Ed, was born in 1994 in Germany. References 1962 births Canadian female equestrians Canadian show jumping riders Equestrians at the 2007 Pan American Games Equestrians at the 2008 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2012 Summer Olympics Living people Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians of Canada Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
