Albert Renaud (ice hockey)

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{About-distinguish|the ice hockey player Albert Renaud|Albert Renaud (organist)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey biography

| name = Albert Renaud

| image = Collective Passport Certificate of the 19 members of the Olympic Hockey Team- Boucher to Watson. Page 5, 1948 - Certificat collectif pour les 19 membres de l'équipe olympique de hockey, de Boucher à Watson. Page 5, 1948 (39146717755).jpg

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| caption = Albert Renaud on the collective passport of the Olympic team in 1948

| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|10|2}}

| birth_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|12|19|1920|10|2}}

| death_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 165

| position = Right Wing

| shoots = Left

| catches =

| played_for = Ottawa RCAF Flyers

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's ice hockey}}

{{MedalCountry|{{flag|Canada|1921}} }}

{{MedalGold| 1948 St. Moritz |Ice hockey}}

| show-medals =

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Albert Roméo "Ab" Renaud, sometimes referred to as Albert Ranaud, (October 2, 1920 – December 19, 2012) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He was a member of the Ottawa RCAF Flyers who won the gold medal in ice hockey for Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympicgameswinners.com/index.php/events/winter/ice-hockey/all-events/1948-st-moritz|title=5 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES, 1948|publisher=Olympic Games Winner Reference Book|access-date=2023-12-27}}{{cite book |last=IIHF|title=IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011|year=2010 |publisher=Moydart Press |page= 106|isbn= 978-0-9867964-0-1}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ottawacitizen.com/mobile/sports/hockey/Obituary+Ottawa+native+Renaud+1948+Olympic+hockey+gold/7729456/story.html|title=Obituary: Ottawa native Ab Renaud won 1948 Olympic hockey gold|last=Holder|first=Gord|date=2012-12-21|publisher=Ottawa Citizen|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131235003/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/mobile/sports/hockey/Obituary+Ottawa+native+Renaud+1948+Olympic+hockey+gold/7729456/story.html|archive-date=2013-01-31}}{{cite web|url=http://databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=RENAUALB01|title=Albert Renaud|publisher=Database Olympics|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926161221/http://databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=RENAUALB01|archive-date=2010-09-26}}{{icehockeystats}}

In 2001, Renaud was honoured by the Canadian Forces when it was announced that the 1948 RCAF Flyers were selected as Canada's greatest military athletes of the 20th century.{{cite web|url=http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2001/01/athletes-of-the-century-chosen-by-the-military/ |title=Athletes Of The Century Chosen By The Military |publisher=Legion Magazine |date=2001-01-01 |accessdate=2010-07-03|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508164929/https://legionmagazine.com/en/2001/01/athletes-of-the-century-chosen-by-the-military/|archive-date=2016-05-08}} In February 2008, Renaud and former teammate Henri-André Laperrière attended a luncheon in honor of the 60th anniversary of the 1948 Olympics and accepted replica gold medals on behalf of the team. It was announced at the event that the RCAF Flyers would be inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in April 2008.{{cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/maple-leaf/rcaf/migration/2014/rcaf-flyers-wrote-olympic-history.html|title=RCAF Flyers wrote Olympic history|last=Johnson|first=Vic|date=2014-02-07|publisher=Government of Canada|access-date=2023-12-27}}