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\u00c0 Oslo 1952<\/a>, Robert Meyers a fait partie de l\u2019\u00e9quipe canadienne form\u00e9e majoritairement de joueurs des Mercurys d\u2019Edmonton. Au tournoi \u00e0 la ronde, le Canada et les \u00c9tats-Unis ont fait match nul 3-3, mais le Canada, n\u2019ayant subi aucun revers, a remport\u00e9 la m\u00e9daille d\u2019or, tandis que les Am\u00e9ricains ont quant \u00e0 eux perdu 4-2 contre les Su\u00e9dois. Cette m\u00e9daille d\u2019or olympique a \u00e9t\u00e9 la derni\u00e8re du Canada \u00e0 ce sport chez les hommes jusqu\u2019\u00e0 Salt Lake City 2002<\/a>. Participant \u00e0 deux matchs, Meyers a obtenu deux buts.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

De 1939 \u00e0 1945, Meyers a servi pendant la Deuxi\u00e8me Guerre mondiale dans le Pacifique Sud comme mitrailleur de queue au sein de l\u2019Aviation royale canadienne. Il a ensuite fait carri\u00e8re au concessionnaire d\u2019automobiles Waterloo Mercury jusqu\u2019\u00e0 sa retraite en 1989. Adepte de curling, Meyers a jou\u00e9 pour l\u2019\u00e9quipe de curling de la L\u00e9gion royale canadienne qui a remport\u00e9 le titre provincial et national. Meyers, dont la femme Rose est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9e en 1993, s\u2019est \u00e9teint en 2014 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 89 ans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c0 titre de membre de l\u2019\u00e9quipe olympique, Meyers a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9 au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e et Mus\u00e9e des sports de l\u2019Alberta 1968 et avec l\u2019\u00e9quipe des Mercurys d\u2019Edmonton de 1952, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 admis au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e olympique du Canada en 2002.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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