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De Grasse is the first Canadian sprinter to win three medals in a single Olympics, bettering the two medals in a single Olympics that were won by Canadian sprinters Donovan Bailey, Ben Johnson, Percy Williams, Hilda Strike, Bobbie Rosenfeld and Robert Kerr. His gold medal finish at the 2020 Olympics was the first Canadian Olympic gold in track ...
Olympics portal; Canada portal; International Olympic Committee results database; CBC Digital Archives – Golden Summers: Canada's Gold Medal Athletes 1984-2000; CBC Digital Archives – Gold Medal Athletes – 1948-1968
Arop represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics, running a personal best of 1:41.20 over 800m to win a silver medal in Paris. This time places him as the 4th fastest 800m runner in history, behind Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Wilson Kipketer, and world record holder David Rudisha. With this time, Arop is also the Canadian ...
Cameron Levins (born March 28, 1989) is a Canadian long-distance runner. [1] He won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.Levins had the best-Canadian finish ever of fourth in the marathon at the 2022 World Championships, setting a new Canadian record. [2]
Mark Tewksbury, a Canadian Olympic swimmer hung a bed sheet banner out of his Olympic Village apartment window expressing 'Hero to Zero in 9.79'. In the first week following the disqualification, Canadian newspapers devoted several pages a day to the story. One headline right after the exposure asked "Why, Ben?" (Toronto Sun, September 26, 1988).
Mohammed Ahmed (born January 5, 1991) [4] is a Canadian long-distance runner. [5] A three-time Olympian, he is his country's most successful athlete in long distance racing, being the first to medal in the 5000 metres at both the World Championships (bronze in 2019) and the Olympic Games (silver in 2021).
Pages in category "Olympic track and field athletes for Canada" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 668 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Melissa Bishop-Nriagu (born August 5, 1988) is a Canadian runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She competed at the 2012, 2016 Olympics and 2020 Olympics. She won a silver medal at the 2015 World Athletics Championships. Her World Championship medal was a Canadian woman's first-ever medal in the 800 m.