Larry Cain

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| hometown = Oakville, Ontario, Canada

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| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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| sport = Canoe racing

| event = C-1 500 m, C-1 1000 m

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| club = Burloak Canoe Club

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Laurence J. Cain, {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}} (born January 9, 1963) is a Canadian sprint canoeist. He was the first Canadian canoeist since Frank Amyot to win an Olympic gold medal in canoeing.

Early life

Cain was born in Toronto, Ontario. He attended Oakville Trafalgar High School.

Career

Cain began his career in 1974 at the Oakville Racing Canoe Club, now the Burloak Canoe Club, in Oakville, Ontario.{{cite web

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Cain competed in three Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in the C-1 500 m,{{Cite book|url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal_winners_since_1936%2F1510%2F0 |title=Medal Winners Since 1936 - 2007 |last=Kamber |first=Raymond |publisher=Canoe ICF |page=7 |accessdate=2009-01-21 |archivedate=2010-01-05 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105013709/http://canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |url-status=dead }} 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 Plovdiv.{{Cite book|url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal_winners_since_1936%2F1510%2F0 |title=Medal Winners Since 1936 - 2007 |last=Kamber |first=Raymond |publisher=Canoe ICF |page=29 |accessdate=2009-01-21 |archivedate=2010-01-05 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105013709/http://canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |url-status=dead }}

File:Larry Cain Trail 001.jpg

In 1984, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.{{cite web

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}} In 1997, he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. A trail in Oakville has been named in his honour running along the town's waterfront where Cain trained.{{cite web

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Cain taught Physical Education at St. Mildred's-Lightbourn School until 2014.[https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/olympic-canoe-champion-larry-cain-carves-niche-in-paddleboard-racing-1.3217629 "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.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/more-sports/olympic-canoeist-larry-cain-back-on-the-water-as-a-paddleboard-coach/article33433716/ "Olympic canoeist Larry Cain back on the water – as a paddleboard coach"]. DONNA SPENCER. The Globe and Mail, December 26, 2016 Cain also coached High Performance Canoeing at Burloak Canoe Club.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/sup-standup-paddleboard-regulation-dispute-olympics-1.4360184 "Stand-up paddleboarding: Sport federations squabble over control"]. Michael Drapack · CBC News · Oct 31, 2017

References

External links

[http://www.larrycain.ca Official website]
[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/larry-cain Larry Cain] at The Canadian Encyclopedia
[http://www.cshof.ca/accessible/hm_profile.php?i=275 Canada's Sports Hall of Fame citation]
[http://archives.cbc.ca/IDCC-1-41-1344-8132/sports/olympics_summer/ CBC archives]
{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/larry-cain-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235809/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/larry-cain-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Larry Cain}}
[http://www.paddlemonster.com Paddle Monster]

Category:1963 births

Category:Living people

Category:Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Category:Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Category:Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Category:Canadian educators

Category:Canadian male canoeists

Category:McMaster University alumni

Category:Members of the Order of Canada

Category:Olympic canoeists for Canada

Category:Olympic gold medalists for Canada

Category:Olympic silver medalists for Canada