George Puce ( lv, Juris Pūce: born December 29, 1940, in

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) is a retired

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

er, who represented

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at the

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. He won the bronze medal in the men's discus throw event at the

1967 Pan American Games The 1967 Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 23 to August 6, 1967. Winnipeg was chosen as host of the Pan American Games on its second try. It first bid for the 1963 Games at the 1959 PASO meeting in Chicago ...

References

Canadian Olympic Committee

1940 births Living people Canadian people of Latvian descent Canadian male discus throwers Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Track and field athletes from Ontario Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Canada Medalists at the 1965 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Canadian Track and Field Championships winners {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub