George Genereux
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Full name | George Patrick Genereux | |||||||||
Born | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
March 1, 1935|||||||||
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
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Event(s) | Trap shooting | |||||||||
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George Patrick Genereux (March 1, 1935 – April 10, 1989) was a Canadian Gold medal-winning trap shooter and physician.
Genereux was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, the son of Catherine Mary (née Devine), a nurse who was originally from Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, and Dr. Arthur George Genereux.[1][2] 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 is the maternal uncle of Canadian actor Brendan Fraser.
He died in Saskatoon in 1989.
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- 1935 births
- 1989 deaths
- Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductees
- Lou Marsh Trophy winners
- McGill University alumni
- Olympic gold medalists for Canada
- Olympic medalists in shooting
- Olympic shooters of Canada
- Shooters at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Saskatoon
- Trap and double trap shooters
- University of Saskatchewan alumni
- Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame inductees
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics