Centre Étienne-Desmarteau
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N 45° 33.345 W 073° 34.845
18T E 610771 N 5045669
Inauguré le 9 juin 1976, ce centre sportif est dédié à la mémoire d'Étienne Desmarteau, le premier médaillé d'or du Canada.// Unveiled on June 9 1976, this sports center is dedicated to Étienne Desmarteau, the first Canadian ever to win a Gold medal.
Waymark Code: WMV1E5
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 02/07/2017
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Étienne Desmarteau, (Boucherville, Québec, 4 février 1873 - Montréal, 29 octobre 1905 à l'âge de 32 ans) est un athlète québécois. Il a remporté la médaille d'or aux Jeux olympiques d'été de Saint-Louis de 1904 au lancer du poids de 56 livres. Il a été admis au Temple de la renommée olympique du Canada en 1949 et au Panthéon des sports canadiens en 1955 (Source : (
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Ironiquement, il excellait aussi au lancer du marteau. C'est d'ailleurs à cette discipline qu'on attribue sa médaille d'or sur la plaque commémorative qu'on trouve au 2e étage du Centre (voir photo).
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Étienne Desmarteau (Boucherville, Quebec, February 4, 1873 - Montreal, October 29, 1905, 32 y.o.) was a Canadian athlete from the province of Quebec. He won Gold at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis (USA) in Weight throwing (56 pounds). He was inducted in Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1949 and in Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1955 (Source : translation from French)
Ironically, he also excelled at Hammer (marteau in French) throwing. The commemorative plaque located on the second floor of the Center mentions that this is the sports event where he won his gold medal (picture included).
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