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Peter Kirby a remport\u00e9 la m\u00e9daille d\u2019or comme membre de la premi\u00e8re \u00e9quipe canadienne de bobsleigh \u00e0 Innsbruck 1964<\/a>. Il a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9preuve du bob \u00e0 quatre avec Vic Emery<\/a>, John Emery<\/a> et Doug Anakin<\/a>, dans un sport pratiquement inconnu au Canada \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque, ne profitant d\u2019aucun programme d\u2019entra\u00eenement, de piste glac\u00e9e au pays ni m\u00eame de financement. Cela sans compter qu\u2019ils ont pay\u00e9 leur propre d\u00e9placement aux Jeux. Les quatre hommes \u00e9taient tous tr\u00e8s \u00e9duqu\u00e9s (Kirby \u00e9tait g\u00e9ologue), ce qui leur a valu le surnom de \u00ab tra\u00eeneau des intellos<\/em> \u00bb aupr\u00e8s de leurs comp\u00e9titeurs. Ils n\u2019avaient pratiquement aucune exp\u00e9rience de bobsleigh, mais \u00e0 bord de Canada 1 et apr\u00e8s seulement quatre descentes d\u2019entra\u00eenement derri\u00e8re la cravate, Kirby et ses co\u00e9quipiers ont \u00e9tabli un record de circuit \u00e0 la premi\u00e8re de quatre descentes. Ils ont conserv\u00e9 cette avance jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la fin de l\u2019\u00e9preuve, r\u00e9alisant la plus grande surprise de l\u2019histoire du bobsleigh. N\u00e9glig\u00e9e, l\u2019\u00e9quipe canadienne a eu raison des \u00e9quipes europ\u00e9ennes dominantes et exp\u00e9riment\u00e9es et elle a vaincu les Autrichiens pour la m\u00e9daille d\u2019or par une seconde compl\u00e8te. C\u2019\u00e9tait probablement la m\u00e9daille d\u2019or olympique canadienne la plus improbable de l\u2019histoire \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque. La performance canadienne a \u00e9t\u00e9 tellement solide que les \u00e9quipes du deuxi\u00e8me au cinqui\u00e8me rang ne comptaient que sept dixi\u00e8mes de seconde d\u2019\u00e9cart. Ce fut la seule m\u00e9daille d\u2019or du Canada aux Jeux d\u2019Innsbruck en 1964. Kirby a aussi disput\u00e9 l\u2019\u00e9preuve du bob \u00e0 deux avec Vic Emery et ils ont ensemble pris le quatri\u00e8me rang \u00e0 Innsbruck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u2019ann\u00e9e suivant son titre olympique, Kirby et le pilote Emery ont remport\u00e9 l\u2019\u00e9preuve du bob \u00e0 quatre aux Championnats du monde \u00e0 St-Moritz, battant encore les Europ\u00e9ens pour une deuxi\u00e8me comp\u00e9tition internationale de suite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kirby \u00e9tait un skieur d\u2019exp\u00e9rience avant de commencer la pratique du bobsleigh. En 1953, il a remport\u00e9 le Championnat canadien junior de ski alpin et d\u00e8s 1954 il a \u00e9t\u00e9 membre de l\u2019\u00e9quipe canadienne de ski alpin. Alors qu\u2019il \u00e9tudiait la g\u00e9ologie et l\u2019administration des affaires \u00e0 Dartmouth College dans le New Hampshire, Kirby a \u00e9t\u00e9 capitaine de l\u2019\u00e9quipe universitaire en 1956, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 retenu au sein de l\u2019\u00e9quipe d\u2019\u00e9toiles universitaire nationale et il a atteint la finale des Championnats de ski de la NCAA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kindy a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9 au Panth\u00e9on des sports canadiens en 1964 et au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e olympique du Canada en 1971. Suite \u00e0 une carri\u00e8re de g\u00e9ologue et d\u2019homme d\u2019affaires, il a pris sa retraite et s\u2019est install\u00e9 \u00e0 Mont-Tremblant au Qu\u00e9bec.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Peter Kirby a remport\u00e9 la m\u00e9daille d\u2019or comme membre de la premi\u00e8re \u00e9quipe canadienne de bobsleigh \u00e0 Innsbruck 1964. 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