Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Canada has qualified for the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup Finals. On Saturday in qualifying from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada won all four matches against Latvia. Leylah Annie Fernandez of Montreal, Quebec had a phenomenal weekend after defeating Darja Semenistaja Read more
Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Desai Williams of Mississauga, Ontario passed away on the weekend at the age of 62 according to Steve Buffery of the Toronto Sun on Wednesday. Williams was part of the Canadian team that won the bronze Read more
Joshua Liendo of Markham, Ontario broke two Canadian records at the 2022 Bell Canadian Swimming Trials in Victoria, British Columbia, which finished on Sunday. In the men’s 100 metre butterfly this past Wednesday, Liendo had a time of 50.88 seconds, Read more
According to Michael Charlebois of the Canadian Olympic Committee, Sarah Douglas of Burlington, Ontario won the gold medal in a World Cup sailing event in Mallorca, Spain on Friday. She placed first in the laser radial. Douglas had 28 net Read more
Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Meaghan Benfeito of Montreal, Quebec has retired from diving at the age of 33 according to the Canadian Press on Wednesday. Benfeito won the bronze medal for Canada in the women’s 10 metre synchronized diving event Read more
Laurence Vincent-Lapointe of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, one of the best Canadian canoers of all-time has retired at the age of 29 according to the Canadian Press on Monday. Just how impressive was Vincent-Lapointe during her remarkable women’s canoeing career? Well, she Read more
The Carleton University Ravens and the Ryerson University Rams are the Canadian University Basketball champions for 2022. In the men’s final on Sunday from Edmonton, Alberta, the Ravens defeated the University of Saskatchewan Huskies 83-72. In the women’s final on Read more
Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Jessica Klimkait of Whitby Ontario won her first major judo competition for 2022 at the Antalya Judo Grand Slam in Turkey on Friday. Klimkait placed first in the women’s 57 kilogram division. Klimkait received a first Read more
Canadian Olympic gold medalist Eric Lamaze of Montreal, Quebec retired at the age of 53 on Thursday according to Stephen Hunt of CTV News. The veteran equestrian rider won the gold medal for Canada in show jumping at the 2008 Read more
The University of Alberta Golden Bears and Trinity Western University Spartans have won the Canadian men’s and women’s university volleyball national championships respectively. On Sunday, the Golden Bears defeated the Spartans 25-22, 12-25, 26-24, 25-19 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In the Read more