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Olympic Athlete (01/25/10)
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Find a Canadian athlete in your sport and research information about them to create a short biography. Keep your information interesting to your readers and don't forget to put it in your own words.
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Robert -- Olympic Athlete - Erik Guay
Article posted January 25, 2010 at 08:00 PM GMT0 •
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Erik Guay is a Canadian Athlete who will be participating in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics for Alpine Skiing. His best events are Super-G and Downhill. He has came in 2nd for Super-G and once for Downhill. In 2006 he suffered an injury two weeks before the 2006 Winter Olympics and he could not participate in the Downhill event, but he finished 4th in the Super-G event.His fiancee gave birth to their daughter, Logann Elizibeth Guay on January the 8th 2009. His fiancee's name is Karen Sherris. Erik Guay was the first man in 13 years to win a World Cup Mens Downhill Race, and the first man ever from Quebec to win the World Cup Mens Downhill Race.
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Article posted January 25, 2010 at 08:00 PM GMT0 •
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Pierre -- Olympic Athlete - Wesley Savill
Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:39 PM GMT0 •
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I chose Wesley Savill as my athlete. He participates in Nordic Combined. He speaks English. He was born in Calgary and still lives there. He was born on August 22, 1989. He trained at Canada Olympic Park. He's in the Altius Nordic Ski Club. The events he participates in are the Individual Normal Hill and Individual Large Hill. He came in 17th at the Junior World Championships. Wesley Savill finished 32nd and 37th in his first World Championships in 2009. He came in 43rd in the Individual Gunderson and 50th in the Individual Mass Start in the 2009 World Ski Championships. During 2008-2009, Wesley Savill was in the top 15 in Park City, Utah. He had 4 seasons of international competition. He uses Rossignol skis and Win Air bindings. Some other sports he plays are: biking, golf, and hockey. That's my report on Wesley Savill.
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Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:39 PM GMT0 •
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JoeJonas -- Olympic Athlete - Drew Doughty
Article posted January 26, 2010 at 09:20 PM GMT0 •
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Drew Doughty,Hockey
Drew won a gold medal in the 2008 world junior and won the top d-man. He was born in December 8th way back in 1989 which make him 20. Drew was born in London, ON. Which is also his hometown. He is 6'1" and weighs 211 lbs. His coach aka the coach of the LA Kings which is Terry Murray. He plays D-fence. He was drafted in the first round in 2008. In his career he has scored 15 goals and had 50 assists and 90 career PIM and 7 power-play goal.
Plus 220 shots on goal. From my research he is the youngest player but I'm not sure.
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Article posted January 26, 2010 at 09:20 PM GMT0 •
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TheAmericanEagle -- Olympic Athlete - Lascelle Brown
Article posted January 25, 2010 at 08:01 PM GMT0 •
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Lascelle Brown Position: Brakeman,Height: 183cm, Weight:97 kg, Date of Birth: October 12, 1974, Place of Birth: Jamaica, Residence: Calgary, AB. BACKGROUND: In 2006 Olympics Winter Games Lascelle won the Silver medal with Pierre Lueders. Lascelle and Pierre have won multiple medals together. Lascelle and Pierre had a really good season in 2006-07. Lasclle is one of the top Brakesman. Lascelle set a starting record for Jamaica of 4.78 seconds at the 2002 Olympics Winter Games in Salt Lake City. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS: 2006- Olympic Winter Games, Torino, ITALY [2 man] : 2, 2007- World Championship, ST. Martiz,SUI [4 man] : 4, 2005- World Championships, Calgary [4 man] : 3, 2002- Olympic Winter Games, Push start record [Jamaica], 2008- World Cup, Konigssee, GER: 6 [4 man].
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Article posted January 25, 2010 at 08:01 PM GMT0 •
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talen -- Olympic Athlete - Mellisa Hollingsworth
Article posted January 25, 2010 at 08:00 PM GMT0 •
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Mellisa Hollingsworth was born on Oct 4,!980 in Eckville,AB. Now she lives in Calagary,AB. She is the one and only female for skeleton to win a olymics award. She joined the the national team in 1996. Mellisa has one a bronze and silver medal in other events then the olympics. She has thought about quitting but she could not do that to Canada, she loves to to inspire. The is heigh in the family her cousin Ryan Davenport. She lives in the moment and does her best
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Article posted January 25, 2010 at 08:00 PM GMT0 •
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CJ -- Olympic Athlete - Eric Mitchell
Article posted January 25, 2010 at 08:00 PM GMT0 •
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It was up to the youngest member of the Canadian contingent would compete in the winter Olympics next month at whistler Olympic park. And, quite frankly, 17-year-old Eric Mitchell had left it a little late He and coach Greagor Linsig had traveled through Europe to ski jump competitions one or two rungs below the world up in hopes of secruing enough qualifying points to reach the olympic standard, which, in turn, would give canada the maximum representation of four jumpers, and which in turn would make canada eligible to compete in the team event. So there they were in Otepaa, Estonia, less than a week before christmas, and basically down to their final opportunity. And, a tricky one at that. It was a hard competition; recalled Mitchell on thursday. "it was really cold, the conditions were all over the place, and it was a new jump that they were testing.
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Article posted January 25, 2010 at 08:00 PM GMT0 •
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Brittney -- Olympic Athlete - Steve Omischl
Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:42 PM GMT0 •
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Steve Omischl is a professional freestyle skier. He is 32 years old and was born in North Bay, Ontario. His birthday is November 16 and his coach's for freestyle skiing are Dmitry Kayunov and Dennis Capicik. Omischl weighs 172 pounds and he is 5'8". His training site is Lac Beauport, Quebec and he speaks English. His previous competitions are Salt lake City in 2002 and Turin in 2006. That is some information on Steve Omischl.
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Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:42 PM GMT0 •
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silver -- Olympic Athlete - Jean-Phillipe
Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:38 PM GMT0 •
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Jean-Philippe dob was July 31,1985 his birthplace is Kingston Ontario. His residence is QC hometown QC. his ht is 5'8'' wt 141 ibs
his Club is Courrelette. His coach is Jean Paquet his language spoken is french,english.he first started in the sport of biathlon at age 13 at the st-bruno cadet facility in montreal.
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Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:38 PM GMT0 •
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link -- Olympic Athlete - Francois-Louis Tremblay
Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:48 PM GMT0 •
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Francois-Louis Tremblay was born in alma QC.He lives in montreal QC and speaks french and english.He is going in the 500m and 5000m relay.Tremblays career has been one as a prominent member of the canadian shrt track team.Tremblay was the world junior champion in 1988.
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Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:48 PM GMT0 •
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Brianna -- Olympic Athlete - Cindy Klassen
Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:39 PM GMT0 •
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Cindy Klassen is a speed skater in the winter olympics. She was born August 12, 1979, and will be turning thirty-one. Cindy was born in Winnipeg, and now she lives in Calgary. This year, in February, she will be skating in the 1500 meter race, the 3000 meter race, and the 5000 meter race. Cindy,s coaches name is Mike Crowe. She belongs to the "Winnipeg Speed Skating Club". She trains in the Richmond Olympic Oval.
Cindy has won six medals in the olympics. All in speed skating. She won one in the 2002 games, and five in the 2006 winter olympic games. In 2006 she won a gold medal in the 1500 meter race, silver medals in the 1000 meter race, and in team pursuit. She won bronze medals in the 5000 meter rase, and in team pursuit. That makes her the most decorated Olympic athlete in history!
Cindy did not compete in 2008-09 because she was recovering from knee surgery in both of her knees. In 2006 Cindy won a "Lou Marsh Award " as "Canadian Athlete of the Year". She is a four time World Champion. Cindy is one of the top ten athletes of the decade!!!
If you want to find out more about Cindy Klassen, go to her web site at http://www.cindyklassen.com/
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Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:39 PM GMT0 •
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aggie -- Olympic Athlete - Dominique Maltis
Article posted January 25, 2010 at 10:22 PM GMT0 •
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Dominique Maltis
Her date of birth was Nov. 09 1980 and was born in petite-Rivere-Saint-Francois Q.C . her home town was petite-rivere-saint-francois Q.C but she know lives in Montreal Q.C. her hight is 5’11” and her wight is 160 lbs. Dominiqe started compeating in 2002 and won canadian Championship in 2003 and the same in 2004 Internashenly she setaled for 5th. in the world cup in her rookie year and it was 2003 and 2004 and she had two podem finishs that year and the next year she came in eighth in the Eropen cup and agen had two podiem finishes and her very first gold metle. In the 2005 she finished forth and letting her think about the olimpics and the metals. In 2006 Dominique got the bronse in the very first snow board cross race in the winter olimpics. when dominique was little she was very active and always wanting to do new things, but she never snow boarded till she was 11, but her first try was a flunk but a week later she was living on her snow board and her dreams was to be a pro. snow boarder, and look at her today=http:// thats my report on Dominique Maltis.
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Article posted January 25, 2010 at 10:22 PM GMT0 •
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pokeypuppy -- Olympic Athlete - Anabelle Langlois
Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:03 PM GMT0 •
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I am doing my Olympic athletes research on a famous figure skater named Anabelle Langlois. Anabelle was born in Grand-Mere, Quebec on July 21, 1981. This means she is only 28 years old and very talented at figure skating. She is only 4 foot 11 inches, which probably makes it easier for her partner, Cody Hay, to lift her into the air. Her former partner, Patrice archetto is probably jealous that Anabelle made it to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver without him. This athlete is only where she is because of the people who helped her! she currently skates in the CPA Hull club, with the coach named Lee Barkell. Her former coaches were Dough Leigh and Shane Denison. Anabelle Langlois will be representing Canada in the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:03 PM GMT0 •
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kmk61 -- Olympic Athlete - Tessa Virtue
Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:37 PM GMT0 •
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Tessa Virtue is 20 years old and is the youngest of 4 children.Her skating partner is Scott Moir and her coaches are Marina Zoueva,Igor Shpilband,and Johnny Johns.Virtue competes in Ice Dance and has won 7 gold ,6 silver,and 2 bronze.Due to an injury to Virtue,she and Moir withdrew from both their Grand Prix events.Virtue has competed in many events such as the world junior championships and the western ontario sectionals.
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Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:37 PM GMT0 •
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etpenusee -- Olympic Athlete - Heather Moyse.
Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:23 PM GMT0 •
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The athlete I am doing for my olympic athlete project is Heather Moyse. Now lets start basic. My athlete Heather Moyse does bobsleigh and she is Canadian. She does rugby in the summer and bobsleigh in the winter. She has won four medals in bobsleigh. 1 gold 2 silver and 1 bronze. Heather Moyse trains at Canada Olympic Park. She has two coaches Quin Sekulich and Tuffy Labour English. Her first run down a bobsleigh was in Calgary in November 2005. She started doing bobsleigh in 2005. Her first World Cup bobsleigh race was in Calgary 2005. She weighs 159 lbs which is important to bobsleigh because the weight is tested before you go down the track.
Thank you for reading.
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Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:23 PM GMT0 •
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tml4ever -- Olympic Athlete - Marc-Andre Fleury
Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:23 PM GMT0 •
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Marc-Andre Fleury
Marc-Andre Fleury was born on November 28, 1984 in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. He is 6 foot 2 inches and weighs 180 lbs. Right now before the olympics he is a goaltender for the Pittsburg Penguins in the NHL. He speaks both english and french. He has a a younger sister Marylee. His coach is Dan Bylsma in the NHL.
In the NHL season he had a fractured left ring finger. His finger is better now for the NHL season and for the olympics. In the 2008/2009 NHL season him and the Pittsburg Penguins. He is number 29 for the Pittsburg Penguins.
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Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:23 PM GMT0 •
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buddyboy -- Olympic Athlete - Manuel Osborne-Paradis
Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:33 PM GMT0 •
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Manuel Osborne-Paradis (Canadian athlete born in Vancouver, BC in February 8, 1984) is an athlete participating in the Vancouver 2010. He grew up racing for the Whistler Mountain Ski Club. His first cup podium came in November 2006 at the Bombardier Winterstart men's downhill in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. In April 2008 he joined forces with teammate Mike Janyk to provide a 4 day training camp on Whistler Mountain and is called The Cowboys Camp. Good luck for gold Canada.
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Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:33 PM GMT0 •
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niky -- Olympic Athletes - Jason Myslicki
Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:24 PM GMT0 •
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Jason Myslicki was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario on December 14 1977. He now lives in Calgary Alberta. He first started skiing when he was eleven years old. When he trains in the mountains in Canmore he stays at someone's house. When he is in Calgary he stays at a different persons house. He is known as the closest thing to a homeless Olympian.
Jason retired in 2006 and started coaching instead. He returned in 2008 to start training for the 2010 olympics. Jason will participate in the individual normal hill and large hill Nordic Combined competition with the help of his coach Ilkka Jylhankagas.
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Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:24 PM GMT0 •
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daisy -- Olympic Athlete - Kimiko Zakreski
Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:59 PM GMT0 •
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Kimiko was born December 31 ,1983 in St.Albert ,Alberta . She now lives in Calgary Alberta . The sport she is in is Snowboarding . Her coach is Mark Fawcett . She is on the Canadian National team .
She has been in World Cups and World Cup Championships . Some of the world cups she has been in since the last olympics for the parellel giant slalom are Telluride Colorado, U.S.A world cup and Limone Piemonte, Italy . In the Telluride world cup she placed 3rd on December 15, 2009 . In the Limone world cup she placed 2nd on December 14, 2008 . Some world championships she has been in are Gangwon, South Korea and Arosa, Switzerland . In Gangwon, South Korea she placed 18th on the parellel slalom on January 21, 2009 . In Arosa Switzerland she placed 16th on the parellel giant slalom on January 16, 2007 .
In the off season Kimiko ( more reffered to as Kimi ) starts off the day with a big bowl of cereal then heads to the gym at about 10:00 . She goes five times a week . On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, she lifts weights in the morning and does a second cardio workout either right after or in the afternoons . So even when its the off season she still finds a way to stay fit !
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Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:59 PM GMT0 •
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nitemayer -- Olympic Athlete - Kirsti Richards
Article posted January 25, 2010 at 11:32 PM GMT0 •
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For my freestyle skiing athlete I did a 29 year old woman named Kirsti Richards! Kirsti was born october 27th 1981 in Pentiction, BC. Her hometown is Summerland, BC and her residence is Pemberton, BC. Kirsti is 5 foot and 4 inches adn weighs 130 lbs.Events Kirsti is in is Ladies mougles and her specialty is also mouguls(moguls are a type of bumps).
The World Cups she has participated in is in Suomo finland and came in 1st, she came in 2nd in Suomu Finland(which was a replacement event for Frane World Cup), 6th place in Calgary,she came in 7th in deer valley, and 2nd in Are, Sweden.
The World and Championships she has participated in was 1st in the Canadian Championships, she came in 1st in Italy and in 1st in the World Championshions(dual moguls).
She has also came in 7th in the Torino Olympic Games and in 2nd at the Canada Winter Games in 1999!
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Article posted January 25, 2010 at 11:32 PM GMT0 •
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sefer7865 -- Olympic Athlete - Shannon Remple
Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:23 PM GMT0 •
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26 year old Shannon Remple is a Long-Track Speed Skater who was born on November 26,1984 in Winnepeg,MB.She is 5'8" Her trainor is Xuili Wang.Her training site is at the Calgary Olympic Oval.The events she does is the 500m,and 1000m.When she was at the 2001 World Junior Championship she won a silver medal in the 500m and a bronze in the 1000m.In 2003 she was at the World Junior Championships and in 2004 she was a World Junior Champion.She holds the World Junior record for the 500m.Shannon was a silver medalist in the 1000m at the 2004 World Cup in Harbin,China.She finished top five in the World Cup standigs for the 1000m and 1500m.At the 2009 World Championships,Remple was 11th in the 1500m,16th in the 1000m and 20th in the 500m.And that is my report on Shannon Remple.
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Article posted January 25, 2010 at 07:23 PM GMT0 •
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hockey -- Olympic Athlete - Kevin Martin
Article posted January 19, 2010 at 09:24 PM GMT0 •
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Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin was born on July,31 1966 in Killam,AB. He is 6 feet tall and weighs 205 LBS. He is a resident of Edmonton,AB and plays at the Ottewell curling club. While he is not curling he is running his curling store. Kevin is the skip on his curling team. He previously played in salt lake city in 2002. In 2007-2008 his team won the Brier cup in convincing fashion becoming just the 14th team to win a canadian mens championship with an unbeaten record. In 2007-2008 his team racked up 13 wins. Martins team was to receive $144,000 in sport canada funding. That is just a little info on the professional curler Kevin Martin.
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Article posted January 19, 2010 at 09:24 PM GMT0 •
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