In 1952 he received the Lieutenant-Governor's Medal.[3]
He joined the Canadian Forces in 1955, and served for over 20 years. His success at shooting began in his Army Cadet days when he won numerous Cadet shooting titles. In 1959, he was Canada's sporting rifle champion and also represented Canada for a second time at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
A 45-cent Canadian postage stamp portraying Ouellette was issued July 8, 1996, as part of the series Canadian Olympic Gold Medallists.[4][5] He has also been inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.[6]
Ouellete was killed when the aircraft he was flying crashed near Leamington, Ontario, on June 25, 1975.
Referencesedit
^. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on September 27, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
^Profile: "Gerry Ouellette" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on January 15, 2008)
gerald, ouellette, confused, with, gerry, ouellette, joseph, raymond, gerald, gerry, ouellette, august, 1934, june, 1975, canadian, sport, shooter, olympic, champion, born, windsor, ontario, became, first, olympic, gold, medalists, from, city, gold, medal, sma. Not to be confused with Gerry Ouellette Joseph Raymond Gerald Gerry Ouellette August 14 1934 June 25 1975 was a Canadian sport shooter and Olympic champion He was born in Windsor Ontario and at the age of 22 became the first Olympic gold medalists from the city He won a gold medal in the Small bore Rifle prone event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne 1 2 Gerry OuellettePersonal informationFull nameJoseph Raymond Gerald OuelletteBorn 1934 08 14 14 August 1934Windsor Ontario CanadaDied25 June 1975 1975 06 25 aged 40 Windsor Ontario CanadaSportSportSport shootingMedal record Men s shooting Representing Canada Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne Small bore rifle prone In 1952 he received the Lieutenant Governor s Medal 3 He joined the Canadian Forces in 1955 and served for over 20 years His success at shooting began in his Army Cadet days when he won numerous Cadet shooting titles In 1959 he was Canada s sporting rifle champion and also represented Canada for a second time at the 1968 Summer Olympics A 45 cent Canadian postage stamp portraying Ouellette was issued July 8 1996 as part of the series Canadian Olympic Gold Medallists 4 5 He has also been inducted into Canada s Sports Hall of Fame 6 Ouellete was killed when the aircraft he was flying crashed near Leamington Ontario on June 25 1975 References edit Gerry Ouellette Sports Reference Archived from the original on September 27 2015 Retrieved June 14 2015 Profile Gerry Ouellette databaseOlympics com Retrieved on January 15 2008 The Olympians Among Us page 24 25 ISBN 1 895305 37 3 Canada FDC 1608 1612 Canadian Olympic Gold Medallists Canada 45c Gerald Ouellette smallbore rifle prone 1956 permanent dead link Retrieved on January 15 2008 The Olympians Among Us page 24 25 ISBN 1 895305 37 3 nbsp This biographical article relating to sport shooting in Canada is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gerald Ouellette amp oldid 1205621437, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
