Pierre St-Jean (alternate listings: Pierre St-Jean, Pierre Saint-Jean, Pierre St.Jean; born March 28, 1943, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian weightlifter who competed from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. He competed for Canada at the 1964, 1968 and 1976 Summer Olympics, with a best finish of 10th in 1968.
St-Jean also competed in the British Empire and Commonwealth Games, winning a silver medal in 1962, a gold medal in 1966 and a bronze medal in 1970. He won bronze medals at the Pan American Games in 1963 and 1967.
At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he took the Athlete's Oath.
He now resides in Orleans, Ontario.
References
- ^ "Pierre St-Jean". Team Canada. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- "First Pan American Games in Canada in 1967: Spotlight on Canadian Athletes". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- Grasso, John; Mallon, Bill; Heijmans, Jeroen (14 May 2015). "Appendix VII". Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement (5 ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 685. ISBN 9781442248601.
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