Kyle Shewfelt
Kyle Shewfelt is the first Canadian athlete to win an Olympic medal in men’s artistic gymnastics. Canadians were proud to call this Calgary native their own when he won gold at the Athens 2004 Olympic Summer Games. Since then, Kyle shows no signs of slowing down, winning double gold in the team event and vault, and a bronze medal in the floor event at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia in 2006.
Kyle managed to achieve all this despite an injury that nearly kept him from competing in Athens. A highly respected athlete at home and abroad, he even has a gymnastics move, "The Shewfelt," named for him. His sights are set on the Beijing 2008 Olympic Summer Games, where he will attempt to claim victory once again for a national sports organization he has helped define through his success.
Sport: Gymnastics
Date of birth: May 6, 1982
Place of birth: Calgary, Alberta
Residence: Calgary, Alberta
Highlight of major athletic achievements
- Double gold (team event and vault) and bronze medallist (floor) at the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne, Australia 2006
- Gold medallist (floor) and 4th place finalist (vault) at the Olympic Games in Athens 2004
- Named Canadian Press Athlete of the Year, Alberta Male Athlete of the Year, and Canadian Male Athlete of the Year 2004
- Gold and bronze medallist (in floor and vault, respectively) at the World Cup in Stuttgart, Germany 2003
- Bronze medallist (floor) at the World Championships 2003. Canada’s 9th-place finish qualifies the team for the Olympic Games in Athens
- Gold medallist (vault) at the Canadian Championships 2003
- Silver medallist (floor) at the World Cup in Stuttgart, Germany 2002
- Fourth place (vault) at the World Championships 2002
- Double gold medallist (floor and vault) at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester 2002
- Named Junior Male Athlete of the Year in Alberta 2002
- Bronze medallist (all-around) at the Canadian Nationals 2002
- Fourth place in floor and vault at the World Cup in Glasgow 2001
- Placed 12th in floor and 26th in vault at the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000
- Second place (floor) at the World Cup Final in Glasgow 2000
