{"id":19256,"date":"2011-09-18T22:23:07","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T02:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/team-canada\/george-athans-2\/"},"modified":"2021-08-18T15:21:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T19:21:40","slug":"george-athans","status":"publish","type":"athletes","link":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/george-athans\/","title":{"rendered":"George Athans Sr."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Olympien de deux Jeux olympiques, le plongeur canadien George Athans p\u00e8re a particip\u00e9 aux Jeux de Berlin en 1936 et \u00e0 ceux de Londres en 1948.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">George Athans, p\u00e8re n\u2019avait que 15 ans quand il a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 ses premiers Jeux olympiques, \u00e0 Berlin en 1936, ou il a pris le 25e rang de l\u2019\u00e9preuve de la tour au plongeon. Capitaine de la d\u00e9l\u00e9gation canadienne aux Jeux de Londres en 1948, Athans p\u00e8re a termin\u00e9 deux fois parmi les 10 meilleurs, soit au huiti\u00e8me rang \u00e0 la tour et au neuvi\u00e8me rang au tremplin de 3 m\u00e8tres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quadruple m\u00e9daill\u00e9 en deux \u00e9ditions des Jeux de l\u2019Empire britannique Athans, p\u00e8re a d\u00e9croch\u00e9 l\u2019or au 3 m en 1950, l\u2019argent \u00e0 la tour en 1950 et deux de bronze (3 m et tour en 1938). De 1936 \u00e0 1950, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 sacr\u00e9 champion canadien \u00e0 10 reprises.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quand sa carri\u00e8re de plongeur a \u00e9t\u00e9 interrompue par la Deuxi\u00e8me Guerre mondiale, Athans p\u00e8re a d\u00e9but\u00e9 des \u00e9tudes en m\u00e9decine et a obtenu un dipl\u00f4me de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 McGill, \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al, o\u00f9 il pratiquait quatre sports (plongeon, basketball, rugby et soccer) dans les ann\u00e9es 1940. Apr\u00e8s s\u2019\u00eatre retir\u00e9 de la comp\u00e9tition, Athans, p\u00e8re a ouvert son cabinet \u00e0 Kelowna et a amorc\u00e9 une carri\u00e8re d\u2019entra\u00eeneur en parall\u00e8le, travaillant \u00e0 un certain point avec la m\u00e9daill\u00e9e de bronze en plongeon des Jeux de Melbourne en 1956, Irene MacDonald.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mari\u00e9 \u00e0 une nageuse artistique, Athans, p\u00e8re a \u00e9lev\u00e9 ses trois enfants \u00e0 Kelowna et est devenu le patriarche d\u2019une des familles les plus prestigieuses au niveau sportif au Canada. George, fils a \u00e9t\u00e9 couronn\u00e9 champion du monde de ski nautique \u00e0 quatre occasions, Greg est devenu un skieur acrobatique de haut niveau (il est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 avant son p\u00e8re en 2006) et Gary a particip\u00e9 aux Jeux de Sarajevo en 1984 en ski alpin. Athans, p\u00e8re s\u2019est \u00e9teint \u00e0 Vancouver en 2007 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 86 ans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le Dr George Athans p\u00e8re a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9 au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e olympique du Canada et est devenu membre du Temple de la renomm\u00e9e de la natation de la Colombie-Britannique en 1953. En 2009, la dynastie sportive de sa famille a fait son entr\u00e9e au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e des sports de la r\u00e9gion Central Okanagan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympien de deux Jeux olympiques, le plongeur canadien George Athans p\u00e8re a particip\u00e9 aux Jeux de Berlin en 1936 et&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":188534,"template":"","tags":[7977,18594,2480962],"hof-categories":[682162651],"year-inducted":[682162680],"gender":[42123],"season":[415983968],"sport":[181823658],"game":[9241378,181821866],"team":[415983173,415983174],"event":[181823162,181823853],"province":[415983153],"class_list":["post-19256","athletes","type-athletes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-berlin","tag-londres","tag-plongeon","hof-categories-athlete","year-inducted-682162680","gender-masculin","season-ete","sport-sports-aquatiques-plongeon","game-1936-berlin","game-1948-londres","team-berlin-1936-plongeon","team-londres-1948-plongeon","event-plateforme-10-m-hommes","event-tremplin-3-m-hommes","province-colombie-britannique"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>George Athans Sr. - \u00c9quipe Canada | Site officiel de l&#039;\u00e9quipe olympique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/george-athans\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"George Athans Sr. - \u00c9quipe Canada | Site officiel de l&#039;\u00e9quipe olympique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Olympien de deux Jeux olympiques, le plongeur canadien George Athans p\u00e8re a particip\u00e9 aux Jeux de Berlin en 1936 et...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/george-athans\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"\u00c9quipe Canada | Site officiel de l&#039;\u00e9quipe olympique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-18T19:21:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/09\/george-athans-bc-sports-hof-3.jpeg?quality=100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"271\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"alacroix\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/develop.olympic.ca\\\/olympique\\\/team-canada\\\/george-athans\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/develop.olympic.ca\\\/olympique\\\/team-canada\\\/george-athans\\\/\",\"name\":\"George Athans Sr. - \u00c9quipe Canada | Site officiel de l&#039;\u00e9quipe olympique\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/develop.olympic.ca\\\/olympique\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/develop.olympic.ca\\\/olympique\\\/team-canada\\\/george-athans\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/develop.olympic.ca\\\/olympique\\\/team-canada\\\/george-athans\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/develop.olympic.ca\\\/olympique\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/george-athans-bc-sports-hof-3.jpeg?quality=100\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-09-19T02:23:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-18T19:21:40+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/develop.olympic.ca\\\/olympique\\\/team-canada\\\/george-athans\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/develop.olympic.ca\\\/olympique\\\/team-canada\\\/george-athans\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/develop.olympic.ca\\\/olympique\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/george-athans-bc-sports-hof-3.jpeg?quality=100\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/develop.olympic.ca\\\/olympique\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/george-athans-bc-sports-hof-3.jpeg?quality=100\",\"width\":500,\"height\":271},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/develop.olympic.ca\\\/olympique\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/develop.olympic.ca\\\/olympique\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u00c9quipe Canada | Site officiel de l&#039;\u00e9quipe olympique\",\"description\":\"Votre source pour l\u2019\u00c9quipe olympique canadienne. 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