Frank Amyot
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| Born | September 14, 1904 Thornhill, Ontario |
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| Died | November 21, 1962 (aged 58) | ||||||||||
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| Sport | Canoe racing | ||||||||||
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Francis ("Frank") Amyot (September 14, 1904 – November 21, 1962) was a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the 1930s.
Born in Thornhill, Ontario, he won Canada's only gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in the C-1 1000m canoeing event. This proved embarrassing to Canadian officials who had refused to pay his way. Prior to that, Amyot also saved three Ottawa Rough Riders from drowning.
Amyot was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1949 and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1955.
[edit] References
- Sports-reference.com profile
- 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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