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Emma Chown
Emma Chown is a Canadian rugby sevens player. She won a gold medal at the Rugby sevens at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's tournament, 2019 Pan American Games as a member of the Canada women's national rugby sevens team. Chown competed for Canada at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament, 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town. They placed sixth overall after losing to Fiji women's national rugby sevens team, Fiji in the fifth place final. References [...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] |