{"id":155809,"date":"2019-09-18T14:11:14","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T18:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/?post_type=athletes&#038;p=155809"},"modified":"2021-12-09T11:51:26","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T16:51:26","slug":"robert-pearce","status":"publish","type":"athletes","link":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/robert-pearce\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Pearce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robert \u00ab Bobby&nbsp;\u00bb Pearce repr\u00e9sentait l\u2019Australie \u00e0 ses premiers Jeux olympiques en aviron \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9preuve du skiff \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/jeux\/1928-amsterdam\/\">Amsterdam 1928<\/a>, o\u00f9 il a \u00e9t\u00e9 le porte-drapeau de son pays \u00e0 la c\u00e9r\u00e9monie d\u2019ouverture. Un d\u00e9fi inattendu s\u2019est pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 \u00e0 lui au milieu de son quart de finale puisqu\u2019une famille de canards est pass\u00e9e \u00e0 la queue leu leu devant son embarcation. Pearce l\u2019a laiss\u00e9e passer de fa\u00e7on s\u00e9curitaire et a ensuite pagay\u00e9 vers la m\u00e9daille d\u2019or olympique. Quatre ans plus tard, \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/jeux\/1932-los-angeles\/\">Los Angeles 1932<\/a>, Pearce a d\u00e9fendu avec succ\u00e8s son titre olympique en skiff en devenant le premier homme \u00e0 remporter deux m\u00e9dailles d\u2019or de suite dans cette \u00e9preuve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pearce s\u2019est vu refuser une participation \u00e0 la r\u00e9gate Henley Diamond Sculls en 1928 parce qu\u2019il \u00e9tait charpentier, mais quand il est devenu vendeur de whiskey \u00e0 Toronto en 1930, il a pu s\u2019inscrire&nbsp; \u00e0 la r\u00e9gate Diamond Sculls de 1931, qu\u2019il a remport\u00e9. En 1930, Pearce a gagn\u00e9 l\u2019\u00e9preuve du skiff aux Jeux de l\u2019Empire britannique. Il est devenu professionnel en 1933 et champion du monde, d\u00e9fendant son titre en 1934. Il l\u2019a de nouveau emport\u00e9 en 1938.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Troisi\u00e8me g\u00e9n\u00e9ration de champion de skiff de l\u2019Australie, Pearce \u00e9tait le fils du champion professionnel de skiff Harry Pearce. M\u00eame s\u2019il a grandi en Australie, il a d\u00e9m\u00e9nag\u00e9 au Canada pour finalement devenir citoyen en 1972. Au cours de la Deuxi\u00e8me Guerre mondiale, Pearce a joint la r\u00e9serve de volontaires de la Marine royale du Canada comme entra\u00eeneur pour les nouveaux soldats puis il a fait des relations publiques dans la Marine jusqu\u2019\u00e0 sa retraite en 1956, s\u2019\u00e9levant au rang de lieutenant commandant, tout en renouant avec son travail de vendeur d\u2019alcool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pearce, qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 mari\u00e9 deux fois et qui a eu deux enfants avec chacune de ses \u00e9pouses, est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 \u00e0 Toronto d\u2019une maladie cardiaque en mai 1976. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9 au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e olympique du Canada en 1952, au Panth\u00e9on des sports canadiens en 1975 et au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e des sports de l\u2019Australie en 1986.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert \u00ab Bobby&nbsp;\u00bb Pearce repr\u00e9sentait l\u2019Australie \u00e0 ses premiers Jeux olympiques en aviron \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9preuve du skiff \u00e0 Amsterdam 1928,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":194215,"template":"","tags":[415984522,415984555,1104411,415984523,682164784],"hof-categories":[682162651],"year-inducted":[682162681],"gender":[42123],"season":[415983968],"sport":[392824],"game":[9241400,9241386],"team":[],"event":[],"province":[415983158],"class_list":["post-155809","athletes","type-athletes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-amsterdam-1928","tag-aviron","tag-equipe-canada","tag-los-angeles-1932","tag-robert-pearce","hof-categories-athlete","year-inducted-682162681","gender-masculin","season-ete","sport-aviron","game-1928-amsterdam","game-1932-los-angeles","province-ontario"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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