Weightlifting/Track and Field. A cerebral palsy athlete, Gina has competed in both track and powerlifting. Impressively, he won gold in both the Men’s 800m and silver in the Men’s -90kg powerlifting categories at the 1984 Stoke/Mandeville Games. At the Seoul Paralympics (1988) he won two silver medals in the 200m and 400m events, contributing to a spectacular all-Canadian podium sweep of the 200m event. In 2015, he was selected by the Canadian Paralympic Committee to carry the Pan Am torch through his hometown of Oshawa, ON.

Gino Vendetti