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La tireuse Linda Thom est sortie d\u2019une retraite de sept ans au tir en 1982 quand l\u2019\u00e9preuve f\u00e9minine de tir au pistolet a \u00e9t\u00e9 ajout\u00e9e au programme olympique pour Los Angeles 1984. Elle \u00e9tait m\u00e8re de deux enfants \u00e2g\u00e9e de 40 ans, elle travaillait comme traiteure, enseignante en cuisine et semblait \u00eatre la plus improbable des championnes. Le tir au pistolet 25 m s\u2019est d\u00e9roul\u00e9 le premier jour de comp\u00e9tition de Los Angeles 1984<\/a> et Thom \u00e9tait en cinqui\u00e8me place \u00e0 mi-chemin dans l\u2019\u00e9preuve. Apr\u00e8s six rondes, elle \u00e9tait pass\u00e9e \u00e0 \u00e9galit\u00e9 au premier rang, for\u00e7ant un barrage de trois rondes qu\u2019elle remporta. En d\u00e9crochant l\u2019or, Thom est devenue la premi\u00e8re femme championne olympique de tir \u00e0 cette \u00e9preuve, la premi\u00e8re championne olympique canadienne depuis 1968 (\u00e9quipe \u00e9questre), la premi\u00e8re m\u00e9daill\u00e9e d\u2019or individuelle canadienne aux Jeux olympiques depuis Melbourne en 1956 (Gerald Ouellette) et la premi\u00e8re femme canadienne championne olympique depuis 1928 (Ethel Catherwood). Thom est instantan\u00e9ment devenue c\u00e9l\u00e8bre, devenant un nom bien connu au Canada, alors qu\u2019elle porta le drapeau canadien \u00e0 la c\u00e9r\u00e9monie de cl\u00f4ture de ces Jeux olympiques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thom a remport\u00e9 le premier de ses six championnats nationaux cons\u00e9cutifs de tir en 1970 et s\u2019est class\u00e9e trois fois parmi les 10 meilleures au pistolet \u00e0 air comprim\u00e9 aux Championnats du monde, soit en 1985 (sixi\u00e8me), en 1970 (sixi\u00e8me) et en 1974 (septi\u00e8me). Quand l\u2019emploi du mari de Thom a \u00e9t\u00e9 transf\u00e9r\u00e9 \u00e0 Paris en 1972, elle s\u2019est inscrite \u00e0 l\u2019Institut d\u2019arts culinaires le Cordon Bleu Paris et a poursuivi la comp\u00e9tition en Europe. De retour au Canada, ils ont fond\u00e9 une famille et Thom s\u2019est retir\u00e9e de son sport. Apr\u00e8s \u00eatre sortie de la retraite, Thom a remport\u00e9 le titre canadien en 1983 et a mis la main sur deux m\u00e9dailles aux Jeux panam\u00e9ricains de 1983, soit l\u2019argent au pistolet 25 m et le bronze au pistolet 10 m. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apprenant \u00e0 tirer \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de huit ans avec l\u2019arme \u00e0 balles BB de son fr\u00e8re, Thom n\u2019a pas commenc\u00e9 la comp\u00e9tition avant d\u2019\u00eatre \u00e9tudiante \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Carleton, o\u00f9 elle a obtenu un baccalaur\u00e9at en arts en 1967. Apr\u00e8s s\u2019\u00eatre retir\u00e9e du sport une deuxi\u00e8me fois apr\u00e8s les Jeux olympiques de Los Angeles en 1984, Thom a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 s\u2019impliquer dans l\u2019immobilier, a pass\u00e9 un peu de temps comme entra\u00eeneure et a fait une br\u00e8ve incursion en politique, le temps d\u2019une campagne \u00e9lectorale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En 1984, Thom a re\u00e7u le troph\u00e9e Velma Springstead, prix d\u00e9cern\u00e9 chaque ann\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019athl\u00e8te f\u00e9minine par excellence au Canada et nomm\u00e9e athl\u00e8te f\u00e9minine amateur de l\u2019ann\u00e9e par les Organismes nationaux de sports du Canada.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>
Elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9e au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e olympique du Canada en 1985, au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e des sports d\u2019Ottawa en 1986, au Panth\u00e9on des sports canadiens en 1992 et a \u00e9t\u00e9 la premi\u00e8re intronis\u00e9e au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e des sports du Lisgar Collegiate Institute. En 1985, Thom a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9e membre de l\u2019Ordre du Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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