Carol Huynh

Carol Huynh (Pron-en|wɪn;cite news | url=http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080816.wolymwin16/GSStory/beijing2008/home?cid=al_gam_mostview | accessdate=2008-08-20 | date=16 August 2008 | title=A three-medal outburst | first=James | last=Christie | publisher="The Globe and Mail" ] born 16 November 1980) is a Canadian freestyle wrestler.cite web|url=http://www.olympic.ca/EN/media/2008mediacentre/Beijing2008/Carol_Huynh.html|title="Carol Huynh"|work=Canadian Olympic Committee] Her mother, an ethnic Chinese, was born in Vietnam; her father was born in China but moved to Vietnam as a young child.cite news|url=http://www.edmontonsun.com/Sports/Beijing2008/2008/08/16/6474621.html|title=Canada's golden girl|author=Terry Jones|publisher=Edmonton Sun|date=2008-08-16|accessdate=2008-08-17] [ [http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=b6700bba-a4eb-4910-ae8e-1b42ee060900 "Woman wrestler guarantees Canada its first medal"] "Vancouver Sun". (accessed August 16, 2008) ] Born in British Columbia, her parents were refugees from Vietnam who settled in the town of Hazelton after being sponsored by the local United Church. [Gary Kingston "Carol Huynh: The Hope of Hazelton." "National Post." Saturday, August 16, 2008.] Coming from a wrestling family, where both of her sisters wrestled, she started wrestling at 15. Cariboo Press, [http://www.caaws.ca/f/archives/article.cfm?id=1774&search=Tir Carol Huynh is going for the gold in wrestling] , March 11, 2008 (accessed 17 Aug 2008) ] She started studies at Simon Fraser University in 1998 , then moved to the University of Calgary in 2007. Television SRC, "Pekin 2008", 15 Aug 2008 broadcast ] Huynh married Dan Biggs, a social worker and former wrestler, in 2005. cite web|url=http://www.olympic.ca/Beijing2008/EN/669/Athletes.htm|title="Carol Huynh"|work=Canadian Olympic Committee] She is coached by Leigh Vierling, husband of former multiple women's wrestling world champion Christine Nordhagen. CBC Television "Olympic Morning" 16 Aug 2008 @ 6:15am EST ]

She competed in the 48 kg weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal. [cite news |title=Roll call: Canada's medal winners |url=http://sports.sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/beijing2008/cp_cbc_beijing.aspx?feedname=cbc-sports-v3&showbyline=true&newsitemid=olympics-canada-medals&pagenumber=6 |work=Sympatico MSN |date=2008-08-23 |accessdate=2008-08-23] She is the second ever female medallist for Canada in Olympic wrestling, after Tonya Verbeek, the 2004 Athens freestyle silver medallist. Huynh was the first gold medalist in women's wrestling for Canada.

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External links

* [http://www.carolhuynh.com/ Official website]

ee also

* CIS
* NAIA