George Genereux

George Patrick Genereux was a Canadian gold medal-winning trap shooter and physician.
Genereux was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, the son of Catherine Mary, a nurse who was originally from Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, and Dr. Arthur George Genereux. He was the maternal uncle of Academy Award-winning actor Brendan Fraser. While still a student at Nutana Collegiate, he won the gold medal in the Olympic Trap at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. He was, at the time, Canada's youngest Olympic champion, a record that stood until Swimming at the [2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle|2016].
In 1952, he was awarded the Lou [Marsh Trophy]. He was inducted into Canada's [Sports Hall of Fame], the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame, the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame, and, the Trapshooting Hall of Fame.
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Saskatchewan and studied medicine at McGill University. He died in Saskatoon on April 10, 1989.