Louis Rubenstein - Montréal, Québec
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Cette plaque, en hommage à Louis Rubenstein, est située sur la rue Peel à Montréal. This plaque, in tribute to Louis Rubenstein, is located on Peel Street, in Montreal.
Waymark Code: WMZN82
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 12/06/2018
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Texte de la plaque
Rubenstein est une figure de proue des débuts du patinage artistique, du cyclisme, des quilles et d’autres sports amateurs au Canada. Né à Montréal de parents immigrants polonais juifs, il se joint, avec ses frères, au Victoria Skating Club. Il détient déjà plusieurs titres canadiens et américains lorsqu’il gagne l’or aux premiers championnats mondiaux de patinage artistique, en 1890, à Saint-Pétersbourg, en Russie. Il dirige des associations sportives, dont la Montreal Amateur Athletic Association, et il préside longtemps l’Association hébraïque des jeunes hommes de Montréal. De 1914 à 1931, il est un éminent échevin à Montréal.
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Text of the plaque:
Louis Rubenstein
Rubenstein led the early development of figure skating, cycling, bowling, and other amateur sports in Canada. Born in Montréal to Polish-Jewish immigrants, he and his brothers joined the Victoria Skating Club. He had already won several Canadian and American titles by 1890, when he took gold at the first international figure-skating competition, held in St. Petersburg, Russia. He later led sports organizations, including the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association, and was the long-time president of the Young Men’s Hebrew Association of Montreal. From 1914 to 1931, he was a prominent alderman in the city.
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