Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Canadian Olympic gold medalist Bruny Surin of Montreal, Quebec has been named Canada’s Chef de Mission for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This global multi-sporting event takes place once every four years and are for Read more
Jennifer Abel of Montreal, Quebec won two medals this past weekend in events with Olympic status at the 2018 FINA Diving World Series in Montreal, Quebec. Abel won silver in the women’s three metre synchronized springboard with Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu of Saint-Constant, Read more
Canadian Olympic gold medalist Chandra Crawford of Canmore, Alberta has been inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame for 2018.In what was one of the biggest Canadian sports stories from the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Crawford won the Read more
Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, Ontario and Melissa Humana-Paredes of Toronto, Ontario have won their first FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event of 2018. On Sunday, Pavan and Humana-Paredes beat Kelly Claes and Brittany Hochevar of the United States 21-19, 21-14 Read more
Michael Woods of Toronto, Ontario made Canadian cycling history on Sunday. Woods became the second Canadian cyclist ever to earn a podium finish at one of the UCI World Tour’s five monuments when he placed second at the Liege-Bastogne-Liege in Read more
Jennifer Abel of Montreal, Quebec is heading into the 2018 FINA Diving World Series event this weekend in Montreal with a significant amount of momentum. Abel has won three bronze medals in two FINA Diving World Series events with Olympic status Read more
Laurence Vincent-Lapointe of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec has broken her own world record in the women’s C1 200m canoeing event. Vincent-Lapointe broke the record at the 2018 Canadian Canoe Kayak Team Sprint Trials in Gainesville, Georgia. Vincent-Lapointe had a winning time of Read more
Christine Girard of Elliott Lake, Ontario is now an Olympic gold medalist in women’s 63 killogram weightlifting. Girard had her Olympic bronze medal from the 2012 Olympic Games in London upgraded to gold on Thursday when it was determined that Read more
Canada closed out the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia on Sunday with a silver medal in men’s basketball. Team Canada lost the gold medal game 87-47 to Team Australia. Team Canada had a record of one win and Read more
Olympic bronze medalist Jennifer Abel of Montreal, Quebec has won a gold medal for Canada in women’s three metre springboard diving at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. It was the 15th gold medal for Canada at the 2018 Read more