George Genereux
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's shooting | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1952 Helsinki | Trap | |
George Patrick Genereux (March 1, 1935 – April 10, 1989) was a Canadian Gold medal winning trap shooter and physician.
Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, he won the Gold medal in the Olympic Trap at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
In 1952, he was awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame, the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame, and, the Trapshooting Hall of Fame.
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Saskatchewan and studied medicine at McGill University.
He died in Saskatoon in 1989.
[edit] References
- "George Genereux Athlete was Olympic medalist", The Globe and Mail, April 12, 1989.
[edit] External links
- CBC Archives: Sharpshooter George Genereux grabs gold
- Trapshooting Hall of Fame citation
- George Patrick Genereux at The Canadian Encyclopedia
| Olympic medalists in shooting | Olympic Champions in men's Trap |
| Roger De Barbarin | Walter Henry Erwing | James R. Graham | Mark Peter Arie | Gyula Halasy | George Genereux | Galliano Rossini | Ion Dumitrescu | Ennio Mattarelli | John Braithwaite | Angelo Scalzone | Donald Haldeman | Luciano Giovannetti (twice) | Dimitri Monakov | Petr Hrdlicka | Michael Diamond (twice) | Aleksei Alipov |
| Preceded by Marlene Streit |
Lou Marsh Trophy winner 1952 |
Succeeded by Doug Hepburn |
