Linda Thom Park, Ottawa, Ontario
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elyob
N 45° 23.370 W 075° 40.730
18T E 446861 N 5026444
Parking may be a challenge. Try Riverdale Avenue.
Waymark Code: WMW3V1
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 07/06/2017
Views: 20
This 14.4 hectares (35.7 acres) city park is named for Olympian Linda Thom. The formal address for the park is 1324 Bank Street.
Linda Thom represented Canada at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. This was the first olympics to host female shooting competitions. Thom won the gold medal in 25 metre pistol (or sport pistol). Thirty shooters from twenty-one nations competed in this event.
Posted co-ordinates are for a sculpture of Thom's gold medal.
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