Larry Cain

Laurence J. Cain, CM (born January 9, 1963) is a Canadian sprint canoeist. He was the first Canadian canoeist since Frank Amyot to win an Olympic gold medal in canoeing.

Larry Cain

Personal information
Full name	Laurence J. Cain
Born	(1963-01-09) January 9, 1963 (age 62) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Home town	Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Canoe racing
Event(s)	C-1 500 m, C-1 1000 m
Club	Burloak Canoe Club
Medal record Men's canoe sprint Representing  Canada Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles C-1 500 m 1984 Los Angeles C-1 1000 m World Championships 1989 Plovdiv C-1 1000 m

Early life

Cain was born in Toronto, Ontario. He attended Oakville Trafalgar High School.

Career

Cain began his career in 1974 at the Oakville Racing Canoe Club, now the Burloak Canoe Club, in Oakville, Ontario.^[1]

Cain competed in three Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in the C-1 500 m,^[2] and a silver medal in the C1 1000 m^[2] events. He also won a silver medal in the C-1 1000 m event at the 1989 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Plovdiv.^[3]

The Larry Cain trail outside the Burloak Canoe Club

In 1984, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.^[4] In 1997, he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. A trail in Oakville has been named in his honour running along the town's waterfront where Cain trained.^[5]

Cain taught Physical Education at St. Mildred's-Lightbourn School until 2014.^[5][6] He then worked as a coach, preparing paddlers for the Olympic Games in Rio.^[6]

In 2016 Cain founded an online paddle-training company called Paddle Monster for standup paddleboarding.^[7] Cain also coached High Performance Canoeing at Burloak Canoe Club.^[8]