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Frank Amyot

Frank Amyot, Canadian sprint canoeist (died 1962)

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Born
September 14, 1904
Died
November 21, 1962
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1904

About Frank Amyot

Francis Amyot was a Canadian sprint canoeist who competed in the 1930s. He won Canada's only gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics. When he won the 1000 meter championship in the 1936 Olympic Games, Frank Amyot of BYC raced the Canadian canoe, which is different from the type of canoe he had raced in Canadian Canoe Association meets. Amyot won Canada's only gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in the C-1 1000m canoeing event. Although he had seen blueprints, Amyot paddled the Canadian canoe for the first time during the final training stages in Germany.

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Frank Amyot timeline

  1. When he won the 1000 meter championship in the 1936 Olympic Games, Frank Amyot of BYC raced the Canadian canoe, which is different from the type of canoe he had raced in Canadian Canoe Association meets.
  2. Amyot won Canada's only gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in the C-1 1000m canoeing event.
  3. He won Canada's only gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

The world when Frank Amyot was born

Frank Amyot was born in 1904. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1904

  • Best-selling book"The Crossing" – Winston Churchill

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Olympic Games in the Americas (St. Louis)
  • Top headlineRusso-Japanese War begins
  • Technology milestoneNew York subway opens
  • World population~1.64B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population81.8M

1904 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Frank Amyot's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19042026
Population81.8M341 million

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