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Linda Thom's gold medal in the 1984 Los Angeles games was the first summer Olympic gold medal for Canada in 16 years, having been shut out in Munich (1972) and Montreal (1976), and boycotting the Moscow (1980) games. Since her victory was unexpected, and the sport is not very popular, the event was not broadcast live and Canadian television ...
In 2008 he won his first medal, a silver medal in the team jumping event. [3] Clara Hughes is the inaugural and only Olympian of any country or gender, to win medals all Olympic Games: two Summer and four Winter medals. [4] Cindy Klassen and Charles Hamelin hold the record for most Winter medals won by a Canadian, with six apiece. [4]
This meant Canada finished 12th in the medal table, and 11th in overall medals won. The 27 medals won marked the country's second best-ever total medals result (after the boycotted 1984 Summer Olympics), surpassing the 24 medals won in 2020. The nine gold medals won was also the country's second best-ever total (after the boycotted 1984 Games). [8]
Team USA earned two more medals in the women's 400m individual medley final with Katie Grimes winning silver and Emma Weyant getting bronze. Canada's Summer McIntosh won the gold, her first in ...
Canada competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, from August 19–27, 2023.With four gold and two silver medals, the nation ranked second on the medal table, its best-ever result at the World Athletics Championships, though its total medal count (six) did not exceed the eight won at the 2015 edition.
Canada did not win any gold medals at the Montreal games; this was the only time that a host country for the summer Olympics failed to win at least one gold medal. 1972 [ edit ]
Canada qualified a total of three slalom athletes (one man and two women). [23] [24] After reallocations, Canada earned two additional quotas (one man and one woman) for a total of five spots (two men and three women). The team was officially named on June 28, 2023.
Americans would finish 1-2 in the women's individual foil as well, with Lee Kiefer defeating Lauren Scruggs 15-6 to defend her 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medal. She's the first American woman and ...