Michael "Mike" Scarola (born January 26, 1976 in
Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a
Canadian sprint canoer
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...
and
marathon canoeist who competed in the early 2000s. He won a bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the
2002 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 2002 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Seville, Spain.
The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Women competed in nine events, all in kayak.
This was the 32nd champ ...
in
Seville, Spain and also won a silver medal in C-2 (canoe doubles) at the ICF World Marathon Canoe Kayak Championships in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in 2000. Mike also finished sixth in the
C-2 1000 m event at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
in
Athens. Mike was a member of Canada's Senior National Sprint Canoe Kayak Team for 7 years.
Following his athletic career, Mike joined the Royal Bank of Canada where he held various positions including working in Investment Banking in Toronto with RBC Capital Markets since 2007.
References
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Sports-reference.com profile
1976 births
Canadian male canoeists
Canadian sportspeople of Italian descent
Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Dalhousie University alumni
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Canada
Sportspeople from Halifax, Nova Scotia
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
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