Harry Jerome

Athlete — Canadian track and field runner

Born

1940

Birthplace

PRINCE ALBERT, SASKATCHEWAN

Citizenships

Canadianness Score

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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 soil

I. Origin

Born on Canadian soil

PRINCE ALBERT, SASKATCHEWAN

Canadian parentage

Both parents Canadian

Citizenship on record

Automatic by birth

II. Residency

Formative years spent in Canada

Raised — Saskatchewan

Lived in Canada by choice

Residency on record as an adult

Worked or filmed in Canada

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

Says so, out loud

Canada claims them back

Claimed, enthusiastically

Fun fact

Set seven world records over his career — an astonishing tally for an era when he was also fighting through repeated serious injuries.

The verdict

Sprinted his way into Canadian sports history despite facing racism and injury setbacks that would've stopped most athletes. Set multiple world records representing Canada at the Olympics, and has a statue in Vancouver's Stanley Park and a sports complex named for him in North Vancouver. Canada proudly claims him as one of the greatest track athletes we've ever produced, eh.

Adjudicated by

The Standings Committee

Status

Final — appealable