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\u00c0 ses d\u00e9buts olympiques \u00e0 Londres 1948<\/a>, le coureur de demi-fond Bill Parnell n\u2019a pas pass\u00e9 les rondes pr\u00e9liminaires au 800 m et au 1500 m. \u00c0 Helsinki 1952<\/a>, Parnell a \u00e9t\u00e9 choisi pour porter le drapeau canadien \u00e0 la c\u00e9r\u00e9monie d\u2019ouverture, ce qui est le moment qui l\u2019a rendu le plus fier de sa carri\u00e8re de coureur. Il a ensuite atteint les demi-finales au 800 m et au 1500 m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parnell a connu ses plus grands succ\u00e8s aux Jeux de l\u2019Empire britannique de 1950 \u00e0 Auckland en Nouvelle-Z\u00e9lande, o\u00f9 il a remport\u00e9 la m\u00e9daille de bronze au 880 verges et a \u00e9t\u00e9 le seul Canadien de l\u2019histoire \u00e0 remporter une m\u00e9daille d\u2019or aux Jeux du Commonwealth \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9preuve du mille, o\u00f9 il a \u00e9tabli un record des Jeux. Son record allait durer jusqu\u2019\u00e0 ce que Roger Bannister et John Landy le battent \u00e0 l\u2019occasion du \u00ab Miracle Mile \u00bb quatre ans plus tard. Apr\u00e8s sa victoire aux Jeux du Commonwealth, Parnell a \u00e9t\u00e9 honor\u00e9 par une r\u00e9ception civique et une c\u00e9l\u00e9bration de la \u00ab Journ\u00e9e Bill Parnell \u00bb dans son patelin de Vancouver. Aux Jeux de l\u2019Empire et du Commonwealth britannique de 1954, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 capitaine de l\u2019\u00e9quipe canadienne, pronon\u00e7ant le serment des athl\u00e8tes \u00e0 la c\u00e9r\u00e9monie d\u2019ouverture au stade Empire, qui \u00e9tait \u00e0 ce moment tout neuf. Il a fini septi\u00e8me de l\u2019\u00e9preuve du 880 verges et n\u2019a pas atteint la finale au mile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

N\u00e9 et ayant grandi \u00e0 Vancouver, Parnell faisait \u00e0 l\u2019origine du saut en hauteur \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cole secondaire, mais sa course quotidienne vers l\u2019\u00e9cole pour arriver avant la cloche du matin lui a permis d\u2019am\u00e9liorer ses talents de coureur. Il a fr\u00e9quent\u00e9 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Washington State avec une bourse d\u2019\u00e9tudes pour athl\u00e8tes et en 1951, Parnell a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 au sein de l\u2019\u00e9quipe d\u2019\u00e9toiles nationale universitaire d\u2019athl\u00e9tisme de la NCAA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Une fois retir\u00e9 de la comp\u00e9tition, Parnell a enseign\u00e9 l\u2019\u00e9ducation physique et a entra\u00een\u00e9 au football, au basketball et en athl\u00e9tisme \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cole secondaire Delbrook de North Vancouver d\u00e8s son ouverture en 1957, et ce, jusqu\u2019\u00e0 sa fermeture en 1977 en raison d\u2019un incendie majeur. Il est ensuite all\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cole secondaire Handsworth et a pris sa retraite comme professeur en 1988, mais a continu\u00e9 \u00e0 \u00eatre entra\u00eeneur jusqu\u2019\u00e0 peu de temps avant sa mort en 2008. L\u2019Association sportive des \u00e9coles secondaires North Shore a reconnu Parnell en remettant un prix d\u2019entra\u00eeneur en son nom pendant 50 ans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En 1949, Parnell a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9lu athl\u00e8te exceptionnel de l\u2019ann\u00e9e au Canada par l\u2019Union athl\u00e9tique amateur et a re\u00e7u le troph\u00e9e Norton H. Crow. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9 au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e des sports de North Shore \u00e0 sa premi\u00e8re ann\u00e9e en 1968, au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e des sports de la Colombie-Britannique en 1969 et au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e olympique du Canada en 1977.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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