{"id":13288,"date":"2011-09-18T21:48:02","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T01:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/team-canada\/george-hodgson-2\/"},"modified":"2020-07-14T09:41:46","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T13:41:46","slug":"george-hodgson","status":"publish","type":"athletes","link":"https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/george-hodgson\/","title":{"rendered":"George Hodgson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><i>Le double champion olympique George Hodgson a remport\u00e9 les \u00e9preuves de natation du 400 m et du 1500 m style libre aux Jeux de Stockholm en 1912. Ses deux m\u00e9dailles d\u2019or \u00e9taient les toutes premi\u00e8res remport\u00e9es par un nageur canadien et Hodgson a \u00e9t\u00e9 le seul champion canadien en natation jusqu\u2019\u00e0 Alex Baumann \u00e0 Los Angeles, en 1984.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">George Hodgson \u00e9tait le seul nageur canadien aux Jeux de Stockholm en 1912. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 une performance inoubliable, il a \u00e9tabli quatre records mondiaux aux Jeux au 1500 m style libre. Hodgson a r\u00e9alis\u00e9 une nouvelle marque mondiale de 22:23.0 minutes dans les premi\u00e8res rondes et en finale, son chrono de 14:37.0 minutes au 1000 m \u00e9tablissait un nouveau record mondial. Ensuite, au 1500 m, il a fracass\u00e9 son propre record par 23 secondes et a continu\u00e9 de nager sur 109 m pour abaisser la marque mondiale du mile. Son record mondial pour le 1500 m style libre est demeur\u00e9 intact durant 11 ans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">En plus de sa m\u00e9daille d\u2019or, Hodgson a re\u00e7u le Troph\u00e9e Challenge pour son titre au 1500 m style libre, un troph\u00e9e donn\u00e9 quatre ans plus t\u00f4t par le comte italien et membre du Comit\u00e9 international olympique, Eugenio Brunetta d\u2019Usseaux. Quatre jours apr\u00e8s avoir remport\u00e9 sa premi\u00e8re m\u00e9daille d\u2019or, Hodgson \u00e9tait de retour dans la piscine pour l\u2019\u00e9preuve du 400 m style libre et il a mis la main sur sa deuxi\u00e8me m\u00e9daille d\u2019or aux Jeux, \u00e9tablissant en m\u00eame temps un record olympique.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jusqu\u2019en 1984, il est demeur\u00e9 le seul m\u00e9daill\u00e9 d\u2019or olympique canadien en natation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Aux Jeux d\u2019Anvers en 1920, Hodgson s\u2019est pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 en mauvaise forme physique puisqu\u2019il n\u2019a pas eu le temps de s\u2019entra\u00eener \u00e0 son retour de la Guerre. Il a disput\u00e9 les \u00e9preuves de 400 m et 800 m style libre, mais il n\u2019a pas r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 se qualifier pour les finales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Hodgson n\u2019a jamais suivi de cours de natation et n\u2019a jamais eu d\u2019entra\u00eeneur, mais il s\u2019entra\u00eenait chaque \u00e9t\u00e9 au chalet familial dans les Laurentides. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l\u2019influence de sa famille, il est devenu membre d\u2019un club \u00e0 l\u2019une des meilleures piscines int\u00e9rieures au pays, \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al. Hodgson s\u2019est fait conna\u00eetre quand il est demeur\u00e9 invaincu aux Championnats canadiens de 1910 \u00e0 1912. Repr\u00e9sentant le Canada au Festival des Jeux de l\u2019Empire de 1911, Hodgson a supplant\u00e9 le d\u00e9tenteur du record mondial \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9preuve du mile.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u00c9tudiant \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 McGill, Hodgson pratiquait la natation et le polo avant d\u2019obtenir son dipl\u00f4me en 1916. Il a pris le chemin de l\u2019Angleterre pour la Premi\u00e8re Guerre mondiale, o\u00f9 il a servi au sein de la Royal Air Force (RAF) et re\u00e7u plusieurs honneurs pour des sauvetages en mer, notamment la Croix de l\u2019Aviation en 1918. Apr\u00e8s avoir s\u2019\u00eatre retir\u00e9 de la comp\u00e9tition, il a fond\u00e9 une maison de courtage en placements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Hodgson a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9 au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e olympique du Canada (1949), au Panth\u00e9on des sports canadiens (1955), au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e international de la natation (1968), au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e des sports de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 McGill (1996) et au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e de la natation qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise (1998).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le double champion olympique George Hodgson a remport\u00e9 les \u00e9preuves de natation du 400 m et du 1500 m style&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":161796,"template":"","tags":[9114162,415930299,415984519],"hof-categories":[682162651],"year-inducted":[682162660],"gender":[42123],"season":[415983968],"sport":[763074],"game":[181821847,9241421],"team":[415983197,415983196],"event":[181823709,181823720],"province":[],"class_list":["post-13288","athletes","type-athletes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-medaille-dor","tag-natation","tag-stockholm-1912","hof-categories-athlete","year-inducted-682162660","gender-masculin","season-ete","sport-sports-aquatiques-natation","game-1920-antwerp","game-1912-stockholm","team-anvers-1920-natation","team-stockholm-1912-natation","event-style-libre-1-500-m-hommes","event-style-libre-400-m-hommes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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