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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.
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 · Biography. At his only Olympic appearance at Helsinki 1952, 17-year old Genereux scored 95 points in round one of the clay pigeon trap shooting competition placing him tied for second place.
George Genereux was the 1952 Olympic Clay Pigeon (trap) champion at Helsinki, Finland. His 192x200 for the gold medal made him the first member of the Amateur Trapshooting Association and the second Canadian to claim the Olympic title (W.H. Ewing of Canada won in 1908 and Mark Arie of the U.S. won in 1920, before the ATA was founded.)
5 de ago. de 2008 · 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).
Biography. By the time he was 17 years old, George Genereux had been the Junior North American Champion (1951) and a silver medalist at the Senior World Championships (1952) in sport shooting’s trap event, in addition to having earned a spot on Canada’s delegation to the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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.
