Christopher Woodcroft (born March 14, 1965 in

Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. Hamilton has a Canada 2016 Census, population of 569,353, and its Census Metropolitan Area, census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington, ...

) is an educator and retired male

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from

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. He was principal of

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, and was one of 40 Canadian educators to receive the Canada's Outstanding Principal award from The Learning Partnership in January 2015. Woodcroft represented Canada at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

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and 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 ...

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. He placed 11th in his class (52.0 kg Freestyle) at the 1994 World Championship. He won medals at the 1986 Commonwealth Games (gold), 1987 Pan American Games (silver), and

1991 Pan American Games The 1991 Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991. There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the PASO community, with events in 33 different sports. The main stadium was the Estadio Panamericano, a mul ...

(bronze).

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* 1965 births Living people Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Olympic wrestlers for Canada Sportspeople from Hamilton, Ontario Wrestlers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canadian male sport wrestlers Wrestlers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Wrestlers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Wrestling people from Ontario Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling Pan American Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1987 Pan American Games Wrestlers at the 1991 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-wrestling-bio-stub