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New medals for Pointe-Claire athletes

Athletes from the Pointe-Claire Canoe Kayak Club brought home a total of 15 medals at the recent national and international championships that took place over the last week of August.

At the 2019 Canoe Kayak Sprint National Championships held in Regina, Saskatchewan, from August 27 to 31, the 26-member team won twelve medals: two gold, four silver and six bronze. With these results, the club placed tenth overall among the 39 participating clubs.

At the Masters Canoe Sprint World Championships held in Szeged, Hungary, on August 29 and 30, our athlete’s efforts earned them two gold medals and one silver.

Here are the athletes’ results at these two competitions:

Canoe Kayak Sprint National Championships (August 27 to 31, Regina, Saskatchewan)

Results Athletes
Gold Medal / Junior Men K-4 500m Jeremy De Sousa, Guillaume Fournelle, Andrik Terauds, Nicolas Thirion
Gold Medal / Junior Men C-15 1000m Michael Thomas (Capitaine), Alexander Demishkevich, Jeremy De Sousa,
Guillaume Fournelle, Justin Lavigne, Jacob Merrill-Arpin, Shannon Myles,
Émile Proulx, Stephane Richard, Daniel Royal, Foster Salpeter, Andrik Terauds, Jayden Terauds, Nicolas Thirion, Noah Tran
Silver Medal / Junior Men C-1 1000m Foster Salpeter
Silver Medal / Junior Men C-2 500m Shannon Myles, Foster Salpeter
Silver Medal / Junior Men K-2 500m Guillaume Fournelle, Andrik Terauds
Silver Medal / Junior Men K-2 200m Guillaume Fournelle, Andrik Terauds
Bronze Medal / Women M18 C-1 1000m Julia Haring
Bronze Medal / Junior Women C-1 200m Julia Haring
Bronze Medal / Men M16 C-1 200m Noah Tran
Bronze Medal / Junior Men C-1 500m Foster Salpeter
Bronze Medal / Men U18 K-1 500m Jeremy De Sousa
Bronze Medal / Junior Men C-2 200m Stephane Richard, Foster Salpeter


Masters Canoe Sprint World Championships (August 29 and 30, Szeged, Hungary)

Results Athletes
Gold Medal / Women (50-54) K1-500m Edit Fried
Silver Medal / Women (50-54) K2-200m Edit Fried
Gold Medal / Mix (55-59) K2-200m Edit Fried, Alain Builard

 

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