Brent Olynyk (born December 7, 1971, in North Vancouver,

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) is a

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player from

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, who won the gold medal in the men's doubles competition at the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...

alongside Iain Sydie. He also took away silver from that tournament, won in the mixed doubles competition partnering Robbyn Hermitage. A resident of Calgary, Alberta, he represented Canada at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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1971 births Living people Canadian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Canada Sportspeople from North Vancouver Badminton players at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games {{Canada-badminton-bio-stub