In the Women\u2019s Canoe Single 200m event, York U Faculty of Health student Katie Vincent <\/strong>became the first Canadian to ever win Olympic gold in any women\u2019s canoe or kayak event. She did so while setting a new world record for best time. Vincent also won a bronze medal in the Women\u2019s Canoe Doubles 500m for the second Olympics in a row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alumnae Brandie Wilkerson <\/strong>and Melissa Humana-Parades <\/strong>earned a silver medal in Women\u2019s Beach Volleyball, representing Canada\u2019s first medal in the women\u2019s event and the country\u2019s best result in the sport overall. It was an even more impressive accomplishment given the pair have only been competing as partners since October 2022, and this marked their first Olympics together as a team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a member of Canada\u2019s women's rugby sevens team, Asia Hogan-Rochester<\/strong> \u2013 who played with the York Lions women\u2019s rugby team in 2018 \u2013 captured a silver medal during the Olympics, marking the country\u2019s best Olympic result in the sport to date. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Among other York-affiliated competitors at the 2024 Olympics, shooting athlete Shannon Westlake<\/strong> \u2013 a York U alumna \u2013 ranked 32 in the qualification round of the women\u2019s 5m rifle three positions; accomplished judo athlete Shady Elnahas<\/strong>, who competed as a wrestler at York U in 2017, made it to the round of 16; and beach volleyball player Dan Dearing<\/strong>, who played with the Lion\u2019s men\u2019s volleyball team from 2011 to 2013, nearly made it to the round of 16 with his partner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Among the 10 York University-affiliated athletes who competed at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games this summer, several won gold and silver medals for Team Canada.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,25],"tags":[30,62,18,4],"yfileauthor":[],"qualifier":[],"yfile-author":[],"tags-to-show":[],"workflow":[],"class_list":["post-357853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards-recognition","category-editors-picks","tag-alumni","tag-athletics","tag-awards","tag-yfile"],"acf":{"internal_publish_date":null,"original_image":null},"yoast_head":"\n