The first Canadian athlete in football [not soccer or Rugby] was ... ta ta! A Canadian ATHLETE. Had you asked WHO [rather than what] you might have had a better answer. Use Google or Yahoo instead of being so lazy.
give me an example of a Canadian athlete who practices the figure skating
The 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris were the first Olympics at which a Canadian athlete participated.
Dominique Pegg. A Canadian athlete.
Wayne gretzky or patrice bergeron
Lionel Conacher
Justin Bieber hes Canadian isn't he?
at the year of 1999
The youngest Canadian athlete at the 2010 Winter Olympics is Palmer Taylor, born September 13, 1992, who is participating in the ladies' half-pipe competition. The youngest male Canadian athlete at the games is ski-jumper Eric Mitchell, born April 10, 1992.
Yes, she was born in Ottawa and was the first Canadian athlete to win a figure skating gold medal in the Olympic Games, winning the ladies singles event at the 1948 Games in St. Moritz.
Lionel Conacher
The first games were started in Hamilton Ontario Canada in 1930 and were known as the British Empire Games. A Canadian Athlete named Bobby Robinson was instrumental in the organizing of the very first games.