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Canada At The 1991 Pan American Games
The 1991 Pan American Games, 13th Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991. Medals Gold *Men's 1,000m Sprint (Track): Richard Young (cyclist), Richard Young *Women's 1,000m Sprint (Track): Tanya Dubnicoff *Women's Hoop: Mary Fuzesi *Women's Team: Canada *Women's 50m Freestyle: Kristin Topham *Women's 100m Butterfly: Kristin Topham *Men's 470: Nigel Cochrane Jeff Eckard *Women's Laser Radial: Shona Moss *Men's Finn: Lawrence Lemieux Silver *Men's Pole Vault: Doug Wood (athlete), Doug Wood *Men's 4 × 100 m Relay: Canada *Women's 10,000 metres: Lisa Harvey *Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg): Greg Johnson (boxer), Greg Johnson *Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg): Chris Johnson (boxer), Chris Johnson *Women's 3,000m Individual Pursuit (Track): Clara Hughes *Women's 3m Springboard: Paige Gordon *Women's Uneven Bars: Mylène Fleury *Women's All-Around: Mary Fuzesi *Women's Rope: Mary Fuzesi *Women's Ball: Mary Fuzesi *Men's B ... [...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] |
Clara Hughes
Clara Hughes, (born September 27, 1972) is a Canadian cyclist and speed skater who has won multiple Olympic medals in both sports. Hughes won two bronze in the 1996 Summer Olympics and four medals (one gold, one silver, two bronze) over the course of three Winter Olympics. Hughes is one of the few athletes who have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games. Hughes is one of only six people to have podium finishes in the Winter and Summer versions of the Games, and is the only person ever to have won multiple medals in both. Hughes was the first Canadian woman to win a medal in road cycling at the Olympics, winning two in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. As a result of her success in multiple sports and her humanitarian efforts, Hughes was named to both the Order of Manitoba and as an Officer of the Order of Canada. She is involved with Right To Play, which is an athlete-driven international humanitarian organization that uses sports to encourage the development of yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Irwin (boxer)
William Irwin (born May 20, 1968, Niagara Falls, Ontario, nicknamed "Billy the Kid", is a retired Canadian amateur lightweight and professional light/ light welter/welterweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s who as an amateur won a bronze medal in the Boxing at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba, losing to eventual silver medal winner Patrice Brooks of the United States, represented Canada at the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Sydney, Australia losing to Julien Lorcy of France. He represented Canada at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona but was stopped in the second round of the lightweight division (– 60 kg) by Ronald Chavez of the Philippines. As a professional, he won the Canadian Professional Boxing Council, Accessed November 23, 2022. lightweight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Howell (runner)
Sarah Howell is a noted cartoonist and educator based in Brunswick, Melbourne. Howell is often involved in projects that promote the Australian comic book art scene. She is a founding member of Squishface Studio, a workspace for artists in which customers looking to buy comics can walk in and watch artists work. She self-publishes zines and mini-comics. Howell was also the first director of the Homecooked Comics Festival. She has worked as a cartooning tutor at Box Hill Community Arts Centre and a cartooning and graphic novels tutor at the Centre for Adult Education in Melbourne. Career Howell was the co-curator and the workshop facilitator of The Dark Woods, a national exhibition and workshop that toured around Australia about the country's comic book art from 2002 to 2006. Howell was the producer of the Gravity Project from 2007 to 2009, a blog documents outdoor and online writing, art, performance and games occurring in Northern Tasmania. From 2009 to 2010, she was the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Bertoia
Dan or DAN may refer to: People * Dan (name), including a list of people with the name ** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark * Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa **Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia * Dan (son of Jacob), one of the 12 sons of Jacob/Israel in the Bible **Tribe of Dan, one of the 12 tribes of Israel descended from Dan * Crown Prince Dan, prince of Yan in ancient China Places * Dan (ancient city), the biblical location also called Dan, and identified with Tel Dan * Dan, Israel, a kibbutz * Dan, subdistrict of Kap Choeng District, Thailand * Dan, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States * Dan River (other) * Danzhou, formerly Dan County, China * Gush Dan, the metropolitan area of Tel Aviv in Israel Organizations *Dan-Air, a defunct airline in the United Kingdom *Dan Bus Company, a public transport company in Israel * Dan Hotels, a hotel chain in Israel * Dan the Tire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Borodow
Andrew Mark Borodow (born September 16, 1969) is retired male wrestler from Canada. An Olympian, he won both the Maccabiah Games championship and the Commonwealth Games championship, and a silver medal in the Pan American Games. He was inducted into the Canada Wrestling Hall of Fame. Biography Borodow was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and is Jewish. He lives in Willowdale, North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He attended and competed for the College of William & Mary and Concordia University. He trained in wrestling under Victor Zilberman. He won the Canadian Senior National Championship in Freestyle in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, and 1996."Andrew Borodow," wrestling.ca. Borodow won the Canadian Senior National Championship in Greco-Roman in 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Matile
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanne Malar
Joanne Susan Malar (born October 30, 1975) is a former medley swimmer from Canada, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. Early life Swimming was important to her and her family, because her family camped often. She has two sisters and a brother, and speaks French. She attended McMaster University and St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School. Malar’s first pool experience was when she was five weeks old. She started racing at 5. At 10, she set her first provincial record. Two years later, Malar went to her first national swim meet, the trials for the 1988 Olympic Games. Besides being a talented swimmer, she was a gifted basketball player. In grade nine, she chose swimming over basketball as her preferred sport. Swimming career When Malar began her swimming career, she impressed many people with her unexpected success early on. She began swimming competitively with HWAC (Hamilton Wentworth Aquatic Club) and still currently holds 20 SC records and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chantal Dubois
Chantal () is a feminine given name of French origin. The name Chantal can be traced back to the Old Occitan word ''cantal'', meaning "stone." It came into popular use as a given name in honor of the Catholic saint, Jeanne de Chantal. It may also be spelled Chantel, Chantalle, Chantelle, Shantal, Shantel, or Shantelle usually in the USA. In Europe and Quebec, the name is generally pronounced as "Chantal". Chantal * Chantal Akerman (born 1950), Belgian film maker * Chantal Botts (born 1976), South African badminton player * Chantal Chamandy, Canadian singer *Chantal Chawaf (born 1943), French writer * Chantal Coché (1826 – 1891), Belgian industrialist *Chantal Claret (born 1982), American singer *Chantal Galladé (born 1972), Swiss politician * Chantal Garrigues (1944–2018), French actress *Chantal Goya (born 1942), French singer and actress * Chantal Grevers (born 1961), Dutch cricketer *Chantal Groot (born 1982), Dutch swimmer * Chantal Joffe (born 1969), English paint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikki Dryden
Nicole Dryden (born April 5, 1975) is a former competitive swimmer who represented Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics. Early years Dryden was born in Calgary, Alberta in 1975. Swimming career At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, Dryden reached the finals with the Canadian women's relay teams in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay (eighth) and in the 4x100-metre medley relay (sixth). In the individual women's 100-metre backstroke, Dryden advanced to the consolation final, finishing fourteenth overall; she also participated in qualifying heats of the women's 200-metre freestyle and the women's 200-metre backstroke. Four years later at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, Dryden placed fourteenth in the women's 800-metre freestyle. Dryden accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she was a member of the Florida Gators swimming and diving team from 1993 to 1996. Florida Swimming & Divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Cantin
Jean Pierre Cantin (born 7 December 1966) is a Canadian judoka. He competed in the men's half-lightweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as .... References 1966 births Living people Canadian male judoka Olympic judoka for Canada Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics Martial artists from Quebec Commonwealth Games medallists in judo Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Judoka at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Pan American Games medalists in judo Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Judoka at the 1991 Pan American Games Judoka at the 1995 Pan American Games 20th-century Canadian people 21st-century Canadian people Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
