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Cam Smedley a fait ses d\u00e9buts olympiques aux Jeux de Rio en 2016 o\u00f9 il a rat\u00e9 la demi-finale d\u2019une seule place, terminant au 15e rang. Il a r\u00e9alis\u00e9 son fait saillant de carri\u00e8re aux Championnats du monde de cano\u00eb-slalom de l\u2019ICF en 2019 o\u00f9 il a acc\u00e9d\u00e9 \u00e0 la finale du C-1 et a pris le neuvi\u00e8me rang, d\u00e9crochant une place olympique pour le Canada dans cette \u00e9preuve. Il a plus tard pris le cinqui\u00e8me rang de l\u2019\u00e9preuve test des Jeux de Tokyo 2020. \u00c0 sa deuxi\u00e8me participation olympique, Smedley a manqu\u00e9 d’un rang seulement d’atteindre les demi-finales en C-1.<\/span><\/p>\n

Smedley a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 pour la premi\u00e8re fois au sein de l\u2019\u00e9quipe nationale junior en 2005. Il a connu ses premiers succ\u00e8s sur la sc\u00e8ne internationale en 2007, aux Championnats du monde pr\u00e9-juniors, en remportant une m\u00e9daille d\u2019argent \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9preuve par \u00e9quipes. L\u2019ann\u00e9e suivante, il a \u00e9crit une page d\u2019histoire canadienne de son sport en devenant le premier cano\u00e9iste \u00e0 terminer dans le top 10 de l\u2019\u00e9preuve du C-1 des Championnats du monde juniors de l\u2019ICF. Il s\u2019est ensuite joint \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9quipe nationale senior avant de remporter le titre de champion canadien de l\u2019\u00e9preuve du C-1 et du C-2.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Smedley a r\u00e9ussi quelques-unes de ses meilleures performances en carri\u00e8re en 2013 en terminant au 12e rang de l\u2019\u00e9preuve du C-1 des Championnats du monde des moins de 23 ans et au 27e rang de l\u2019\u00e9preuve du C-1 des Championnats du monde senior. En \u00e9quipe avec Ben Hayward, il a termin\u00e9 au 33e rang de l\u2019\u00e9preuve du C-2 des Championnats du monde de 2014. En 2015, il a remport\u00e9 la m\u00e9daille d\u2019argent de l\u2019\u00e9preuve de C-1 des Jeux panam\u00e9ricains de Toronto, a termin\u00e9 au 29e rang des Championnats du monde et est mont\u00e9 sur la troisi\u00e8me marche du podium de l\u2019\u00e9preuve test officielle en vue des Jeux olympiques de 2016 \u00e0 Rio.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c0 propos de Cam<\/b><\/h3>\n

D\u00e9buts :<\/b> Il a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 faire de la comp\u00e9tition en cano\u00eb slalom \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 13\u00a0ans. Il a grandi en faisant des voyages de cano\u00eb-kayak avec sa famille\u2026<\/span> Autres int\u00e9r\u00eats :<\/b> Il a fr\u00e9quent\u00e9 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Carleton o\u00f9 il a obtenu un baccalaur\u00e9at en g\u00e9nie m\u00e9canique\u2026 Il\u00a0aime faire du ski et de l\u2019escalade…<\/span> De tout et de rien :<\/b> En voyage, il apporte toujours sa cuill\u00e8re-fourchette en titane et son bol de camping MSR ainsi qu\u2019une cafeti\u00e8re AeroPress… On le surnomme Gary\u2026 Son plus jeune fr\u00e8re Liam \u00e9tait aussi membre de l\u2019\u00e9quipe nationale de cano\u00eb slalom\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cam Smedley a fait ses d\u00e9buts olympiques aux Jeux de Rio en 2016 o\u00f9 il a rat\u00e9 la demi-finale d\u2019une seule place, terminant au 15e rang. Il a r\u00e9alis\u00e9 son fait saillant de carri\u00e8re aux Championnats du monde de cano\u00eb-slalom de l\u2019ICF en 2019 o\u00f9 il a acc\u00e9d\u00e9 \u00e0 la finale du C-1 et a pris le neuvi\u00e8me rang, d\u00e9crochant une place olympique pour le Canada dans cette \u00e9preuve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":130882,"template":"","tags":[415987303,415987304,415985167,103298629,622441,358863224,1104411,713425,415695797,57868344,20292794],"hof-categories":[],"year-inducted":[],"gender":[42123],"season":[415983968],"sport":[16966195],"game":[415984561,193413370,334881982],"team":[415983074,682163188,415982973],"event":[181822195,181822219],"province":[415983158],"class_list":["post-34463","athletes","type-athletes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-c-1","tag-c-2","tag-cam-smedley","tag-cameron-smedley","tag-canoe-kayak","tag-canoe-kayak-slalom-2","tag-equipe-canada","tag-rio-2016","tag-slalom","tag-tokyo-2020","tag-toronto-2015","gender-masculin","season-ete","sport-slalom","game-2016-rio","game-tokyo-2020","game-2015-toronto","team-rio-2016-canoe-kayak-slalom","team-tokyo-2020-canoe-kayak-slalom","team-toronto-2015-canoe-kayak-slalom","event-c-1-hommes","event-c-2-hommes","province-ontario"],"acf":[],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/cameronsmedley_prelim_davidjacksonphoto-31.jpg?quality=100","category_names":[],"tag_names":["C-1","C-2","Cam Smedley","Cameron Smedley","Cano\u00eb-kayak","cano\u00eb-kayak slalom","\u00c9quipe canada","Rio 2016","slalom","Tokyo 2020","Toronto 2015"],"sport_names":[378],"game_names":["Rio 2016","Tokyo 2020","Toronto 2015"],"season_names":["\u00c9t\u00e9"],"team_names":["Rio 2016 Cano\u00eb-kayak \u2013 Slalom","Tokyo 2020 Cano\u00eb-kayak - Slalom","Toronto 2015 Cano\u00eb-kayak \u2013 Slalom"],"province_names":["Ontario"],"social_facebook":"","social_twitter":"cameronsmedley","social_linkedin":"","social_gplus":"","social_instagram":"camsmedley","social_website":"","total_medal_count_gold":"","total_medal_count_silver":"","total_medal_count_bronze":"","athlete_headshot":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/cameron-smedley_org.jpg?quality=100","athlete_height":"178","athlete_weight":"","athlete_hometown":"Dunrobin, Ontario","athlete_birthplace":"Ottawa, Ontario","coc_gracenote_id":"","athlete_dob":"October 9, 1990","athlete_age":35,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/athletes\/34463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/athletes"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/athletes"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/athletes\/34463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192609,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/athletes\/34463\/revisions\/192609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34463"},{"taxonomy":"hof-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hof-categories?post=34463"},{"taxonomy":"year-inducted","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/year-inducted?post=34463"},{"taxonomy":"gender","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gender?post=34463"},{"taxonomy":"season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/season?post=34463"},{"taxonomy":"sport","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sport?post=34463"},{"taxonomy":"game","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/game?post=34463"},{"taxonomy":"team","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team?post=34463"},{"taxonomy":"event","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event?post=34463"},{"taxonomy":"province","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/province?post=34463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}