Kyle Shewfelt (May 6, 1982) is a Canadian gymnast. His gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics was the first medal ever by a Canadian in an artistic gymnastics event and was the first Canadian gold of the 2004 Olympics. May 6 is the 125126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gymnasts are people who participate in the sports of either artistic gymnastics or rhythmic gymnastics. ... A gold medal will generally represent the highest award for achievement in a non-military field, with no restriction on eligibility. ... (Redirected from 2004 Athens Olympics) The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, commonly known as the 2004 Summer Olympics were the 28th Summer Olympic Games. ...

Shewfelt, a native of Calgary, was considered a medal threat in Athens. In fact, Sports Illustrated magazine predicted he would win. Kyle had finished twelfth on the floor at the Sydney Olympics and won two bronze medals at world championships and two golds at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Motto: Heart of the new west Area: 712. ... The Games of the XXVII Olympiad were held in 2000 in Sydney, Australia. ... The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from July 25 to August 4. ...

His gold medal performance was characteristically precise and error free. He tied the score of Romanian gymnast Marian Dragulescu, but Shewfelt was awarded the gold after a series of tiebreakers that put Dragulescu in second place. The next day Shewfelt competed in the men's vault. He completed two successful vaults with only small steps on landing. Shewfelt finished fourth, amid much controversy, with Dragulescu taking the bronze medal despite a fall on his second vault. Canadian gynmastics offials were expected to appeal the decision but instead asked the technical committee for an explanation of the "technical irregularities" in the scoring. Answers from the chair of the men's technical committee, Adrian Stoica, have not been provided. Marian Dragulescu (born December 18, 1980) is a Romanian gymnast. ...

Born in Calgary Shewfelt first began practicing gymnastics in 1988 influenced by a neighbour. His father was also an athlete playing for the Brandon Wheat Kings hockey team. While Shewfelt was a skilled hockey player he turned to gymnastics at an early age. He attended Calgary's National Sport School in order to complete his high school education, while pursuing his Olympic plans with fellow athletes at the school[1]. Living in southeast Calgary he trains at the Altadore Gymnastic Club under coach Kelly Manjak, who has coached Shewfelt since age six. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Brandon Wheat Kings are a Canadian ice hockey team based in Brandon, Manitoba. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... The National Sport School (NSS) is a public high school (secondary school) in Calgary, Alberta; which teaches grades 9 through 12. ...

His long-held goal of Olympic gold was endangered by an ankle injury in March 2004, but he made a full recovery in time for Athens. Before the Olympics Shewfelt has speculated on moving to Cirque du Soleil after his athletic career is over. A gold medal could easily open many other opportunities for him, however, as he has instantaneously became a household name in much of Canada. The bones in the foot In anatomy, the ankle, or ancle (a word common, in various forms, to Teutonic languages, probably connected in origin with the Latin angulus, or Greek αγκυλος, bent), is the part of the lower limb that is located between the foot and the leg, and is actually... Dralion 2004 Cirque du Soleil (French for Circus of the Sun) is an entertainment company founded by Guy Laliberté, a former fire-eater, in 1984 and is based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...

External links

• Kyle Shewfelt Official Website
• Athlete bio on CBC.ca

Canadian medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Gold: Kyle Shewfelt, men's floor exercise gymnastics; Lori-Ann Muenzer, women's 200 m track cycling sprint; Adam van Koeverden, men's K1 500 m kayak; Chantal Petitclerc, women's 800 m wheelchair (demonstration event)
Silver: Karen Cockburn, women's trampoline gymnastics; Cameron Baerg, Jake Wetzel, Thomas Herschmiller and Barney Williams, men's four rowing team; Tonya Verbeek, women's 55 kg freestyle wrestling; Alexandre Despatie, 3 m springboard diving; Marie-Hélène Prémont, women's cross country mountain bike; Ross MacDonald and Mike Wolfs, Star class sailing regatta
Bronze: Blythe Hartley and Émilie Heymans, women's synchronized 10 m platform diving; Adam van Koeverden, men's K1 1000 m kayak; Caroline Brunet, K1 500 m kayak