Laurence J. Cain, (born January 9, 1963) is a Canadian

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. He was the first Canadian canoeist since Frank Amyot to win an Olympic gold medal in canoeing.

Early life

Cain was born in

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. He attended

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Career

Cain began his career in 1974 at the Oakville Racing Canoe Club, now the Burloak Canoe Club, in

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. Cain competed in three

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, winning a gold medal in the C-1 500 m, and a silver medal in the C1 1000 m events. He also won a silver medal in the C-1 1000 m event at the 1989 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in

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In 1984, he was made a Member of the

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. In 1997, he was inducted into

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. A trail in Oakville has been named in his honour running along the town's waterfront where Cain trained. Cain taught

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until 2014."Olympic canoe champion Larry Cain carves niche in paddleboard racing"
''CTV News'', Donna Spencer, December 26, 2016 He then worked as a coach, preparing paddlers for the Olympic Games in Rio. In 2016 Cain founded an online paddle-training company called Paddle Monster for standup paddleboarding. Cain also coached High Performance Canoeing at Burloak Canoe Club."Stand-up paddleboarding: Sport federations squabble over control"
Michael Drapack · ''CBC News'' · Oct 31, 2017

References

External links

Official websiteLarry Cain
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Paddle Monster
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