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John Emery a remport\u00e9 la m\u00e9daille d’or en tant que membre de la toute premi\u00e8re \u00e9quipe de bobsleigh olympique du Canada \u00e0 Innsbruck 1964<\/a>. Il a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9preuve masculine de bob \u00e0 quatre aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de son fr\u00e8re Vic Emery<\/a>, de Peter Kirby<\/a> et de Doug Anakin<\/a> dans un sport presque inconnu au Canada \u00e0 l’\u00e9poque, sans programme d’entra\u00eenement, ni de piste locale au pays. Ils ont m\u00eame pay\u00e9 de leur poche pour se rendre aux Jeux. Les quatre hommes \u00e9taient tr\u00e8s instruits (Emery \u00e9tait un chirurgien plasticien) et \u00e9taient surnomm\u00e9s par leurs concurrents \u00ab\u00a0le toboggan intellectuel \u00bb. Ainsi, \u00e0 bord de Canada 1 et apr\u00e8s seulement quatre descentes d’entra\u00eenement \u00e0 Innsbruck, Emery et ses co\u00e9quipiers ont \u00e9tabli un record de piste \u00e0 la premi\u00e8re de leurs quatre descentes et ont conserv\u00e9 leur avance jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la fin de la comp\u00e9tition olympique, une performance consid\u00e9r\u00e9e comme la plus grande surprise de l\u2019histoire du bobsleigh. Les Canadiens ont surpris les Europ\u00e9ens, dominants et tr\u00e8s exp\u00e9riment\u00e9s, et ont devanc\u00e9 les Autrichiens par une seconde compl\u00e8te sur leur propre piste pour remporter l\u2019or. En tant que grands n\u00e9glig\u00e9s, il s\u2019agissait probablement, \u00e0 cette \u00e9poque, de la m\u00e9daille d’or olympique la plus improbable de l’histoire canadienne. La performance canadienne a \u00e9t\u00e9 si dominante, les quatre \u00e9quipes suivantes avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 s\u00e9par\u00e9es par seulement sept dixi\u00e8mes de seconde au fil d\u2019arriv\u00e9e. Ce fut la seule m\u00e9daille d\u2019or du Canada \u00e0 Innsbruck en 1964. En compagnie de Gordon Currie<\/a>, Emery s\u2019\u00e9tait aussi class\u00e9 11e<\/sup> de l\u2019\u00e9preuve masculine du bob \u00e0 deux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emery a \u00e9t\u00e9 initi\u00e9 au bobsleigh par son fr\u00e8re Vic, qui a d\u00e9couvert le sport en Europe. Il appuya celui-ci dans la fondation de l\u2019Association laurentienne de bobsleigh en 1957. Emery \u00e9tait un athl\u00e8te complet qui excellait en athl\u00e9tisme, \u00e0 la boxe et au ski avant de se lancer dans le bobsleigh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En 1951, Emery a obtenu son dipl\u00f4me de la Trinity College School. Dipl\u00f4m\u00e9 en m\u00e9decine de l’Universit\u00e9 Queen’s en 1957, il est devenu un chirurgien plasticien r\u00e9put\u00e9 et tr\u00e8s accompli \u00e0 San Francisco, en Californie. Il est demeur\u00e9 actif dans le sport, participant au marathon de Boston en 1979 et au triathlon Ironman en 1980. Il \u00e9tait \u00e9leveur de chevaux arabes et lan\u00e7a sa propre marque de vin (Emery Estate). Son \u00e9pouse, Deborah, \u00e9tait une ancienne cheerleader des Raiders d\u2019Oakland, mannequin, actrice et candidate au concours de beaut\u00e9 Madame \u00c9tats-Unis en 1992.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emery a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9 au Panth\u00e9on des sports du Canada en 1964 et au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e olympique du Canada en 1971.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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