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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.
Trapshooter George Genereux. As a 17-year-old with cool nerves and a keen eye, Genereux reached the height of his career at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics when he won the gold medal (courtesy Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame & Museum).
Le tireur George Genereux n’était qu’un adolescent quand il a remporté le titre olympique dans l’épreuve de fosse olympique aux Jeux olympiques de 1952 à Helsinki. Il a été le plus jeune champion olympique du Canada jusqu’en 2016.
18 de sept. de 2011 · George Genereux won the clay pigeon trap shooting event at Helsinki 1952, defeating the world champion by one shot. He was a medical doctor and a trapshooting champion who overcame rheumatoid arthritis.
George Genereux was a Canadian sport shooter who won the gold medal in trap at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He also earned a medical degree and became a professor of radiology in Saskatoon.
George Genereux was a trapshooting phenomenon who won Canada's only gold medal at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. He was also the first Canadian to win a major competition and the 1952 Lou Marsh Memorial Trophy.
27 de may. de 2024 · He failed, missing the 24th bird, and Genereux was awarded the gold medal, his nation’s only one of the 1952 Olympics and its first since Frank Amyot’s in 1936. He also received the Lou Marsh Trophy that year as Canada’s top athlete.
