Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Three Canadian Olympic gold medalists will be inducted into the Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in Calgary, Alberta in 2019. They are hockey player Martin Brodeur of Montreal, Quebec (men’s ice hockey), Jayna Hefford of Trenton, Ontario (women’s hockey) and Read more
Canadian Olympic gold medalist Eric Lamaze of Montreal, Quebec has been diagnosed with brain cancer. In an announcement made on Wednesday, it has been reported that Lamaze has been facing cancer for more than a year. Lamaze won a gold Read more
Skylar Park of Winnipeg, Manitoba won a bronze medal on Friday at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, Great Britain. Park placed third in the women’s 57 kilogram featherweight division. This was Park’s first career medal at the World Read more
Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Jennifer Abel of Montreal, Quebec won the silver medal on Sunday in a women’s three metre springboard competition at a Diving World Series event in London, Great Britain. Abel, who won the bronze medal in the Read more
Canadian Olympic gold medalist Penny Oleksiak of Toronto, Ontario won the bronze medal on Saturday in the women’s 100 metre butterfly event in the FINA Champions Swim Series in Budapest, Hungary. It was one of three medals Oleksiak won this Read more
For the first time in her diving career, Olympic bronze medalist Jennifer Abel of Montreal, Quebec won the gold medal in an individual diving World Series event. On Sunday, Abel just did not win the gold medal. She dominated the competition Read more
Jacqueline Simoneau of Chambly, Quebec and Claudia Holzner of Calgary, Alberta were very successful at an Artistic Swimming World Series in Beijing, China this past weekend. Simoneau and Holzner teamed up to win the gold medal in the women’s duet Read more
Aaron Brown of Toronto, Ontario won the bronze medal in a Diamond League event in Doha, Qatar on Friday. In the opening Diamond League event of the 2019 track and field season, Brown posted a third place time of Read more
University of Laval Rouge et Or linebacker Mathieu Betts of Montreal, Quebec and University of British Columbia Thunderbirds outside hitter Kiera Van Ryk of Surrey, British Columbia won the 2019 Canadian University Sports Lieutenant Governor Athletic Awards on Thursday night Read more
Canadian Olympic silver medalist Ian Millar of Halifax, Nova Scotia retired from equestrian on Wednesday at the age of 72. Millar won the Olympic silver medal for Canada in team show jumping with Eric Lamaze of Montreal. Quebec, Mac Cone Read more