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File No. 255819 · Adjudicated
Jim Elder
Athlete — Canadian equestrian
Born
1934
Birthplace
TORONTO, ONTARIO
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
TORONTO, ONTARIO
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 — Ontario
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 Canada's first-ever Olympic gold medal in equestrian team jumping at the 1968 Mexico City Games.
The verdict
Olympic gold medalist who represented Canada in show jumping across five Games from 1956 to 1972, earning his place in Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Born and raised in Toronto, he's about as Canadian as competitive horseback riding gets. A true icon in Canadian equestrian circles, eh.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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References — en.wikipedia.org