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File No. 017593 · Adjudicated
Cindy Klassen
Athlete — Canadian speed skater
Born
1979
Birthplace
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA
Citizenships
CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
5.0/ 5
Weighted across 2 scored criteria
Designation
Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁Born, raised, and still says “out for a rip” unironically.
Scorecard
Path A — born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA
Canadian parentage — not scored
No Canadian parents on record
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Manitoba
Lived in Canada by choice — not scored
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — not scored
Credits filed north of the 49th
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. Birth on Canadian soil already settles the matter.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
Won 5 medals at the 2006 Turin Games alone, and 6 total across her career — tying her with Clara Hughes as Canada's most decorated Winter Olympian.
The verdict
Canada's most decorated Olympian didn't just compete for the maple leaf — she grew up skating on Manitoba ice and became the face of Canadian Olympic excellence. The nation doesn't just claim her; we're ridiculously proud of her, eh.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
Related files
More from the files: Manitoba · Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁
References — en.wikipedia.org