Frank Amyot
Ottawa, Ontario[1] | |||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||
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| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||
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| Country | Canada | ||||||||
| Sport | Canoe racing | ||||||||
| Club | Britannia Yacht Club | ||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||
| Olympic finals | 1938 | ||||||||
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Francis Amyot (September 14, 1904 – November 21, 1962) was a Canadian
Biography
Amyot was born in
Amyot won Canada's only gold medal at the
When his body was examined by medical personnel during an autopsy, they found cancer all over his body, which they believe is the cause of his death.
Legacy
Amyot was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1949 and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1955.
In 1964, the Britannia Yacht Club presented the Frank Amyot Memorial Trophy awarded to Junior Men C-15 Canoe Kayak Canada Canadian Sprint Canoe Kayak Championships, in loving memory of Frank Amyot, a life member of the club, Olympic Single Blade Singles C-1 Gold Medallist (1936), and distinguished member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.[6]
In 2012, the Britannia Yacht Club stairwell featured a display with a photo of Frank Amyot and a collection of his trophies.
References
- ^ a b "Frank Amyot". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ a b c "Britannia Boating Club paddler Frank Amiot gives Dominion First Win at Berlin". News.Google.com/newspapers. Ottawa Citizen. Aug 10, 1936.
- ^ "Britannia Paddlers Hold First Workout". Ottawa Citizen. June 2, 1936.
- ^ Type of Canoe was Strange to Amyot Ottawa Citizen 1936
- ^ "Photo Collection - Veterans Affairs Canada". Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2012-07-25. London meeting of 17 Britannia Boating Club members during WWII
- ^ Canoe Kayak Canada trophies Canadian Sprint Canoe Kayak Championships Archived 2012-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Frank Amyot Canadian Encyclopedia Archived 2012-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2008). "Canoeing: Men's Canadian Singles 1000 Meters". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 2008 Edition. london: Aurum Press Limited. p. 479.
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