With the #Tokyo2020 Olympics and Paralympics rescheduled to next year, take a trip down memory lane and check out the @CdnEncyclopedia’s bios on Canada’s summer athletes past and present. Start with these nine that you may not know of. ⬇️ 
George Orton is known as Canada's first Olympic gold medal winner. There are two records concerning George Orton at the 1900 Paris Olympics. They show that he placed 3rd in the 400 m men's hurdles and 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase. thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/geo…
Joseph Benjamin Keeper was a world-class athlete and war hero of the Norway House Cree Nation. Keeper competed at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Olympics, where he participated in the 5,000 and 10,000 m track events. thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jos…
Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld was a track and field athlete and sportswriter best known for her medal-winning performances at the 1928 Olympic Summer Games. It was the first time that women were allowed to compete in track and field at the Olympic Games. thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/fan…
Nicknamed the “Man of Bronze,” middle distance runner Phil Edwards won five bronze medals at three Olympic Games. In 1936, Edwards became the first recipient of the Lou Marsh Trophy as top athlete in the country. thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/phi…
Three-time Olympian Harry Jerome won the bronze medal in the 100 m race at the 1964 Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo, Japan. Jerome was an important advocate for athletes and for greater representation of racialized Canadians in broadcasting. thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/har…
Lori Fung won the first Olympic gold medal in all-round rhythmic gymnastics at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. At the time, rhythmic gymnastics was virtually unheard of in Canada's sporting world, but Fung soon rose to the top of the ranks.
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Chantal Petitclerc won an impressive 21 medals at the Paralympic Games between 1992 and 2008 in wheelchair racing. In 2008, Petitclerc became the first Canadian woman with a disability to win the Lou Marsh Award. thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cha…
Waneek Horn-Miller was co-captain of Canada’s first Olympic women’s water polo team at the 2000 Olympic Summer Games in Sydney, AU. She is a well-known activist for Indigenous rights and a prominent mentor and advocate for youth involvement in sports. thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/wan…
Benoît Huot is one of Canada’s most successful swimmers, having won 20 medals at the Paralympic Games between 2000-2016, 12 medals at the Parapan American Games and over 30 medals at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Swimming Championships.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ben…
How many of these athletes did you recognize? We’ll share more bios of amazing Canadian athletes in the coming days and weeks, so make sure you follow us at @HistoricaCanada and @CdnEncyclopedia.
