Samantha Faye Sendel (born October 10, 1991 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian individual and synchronised trampoline gymnast, representing her nation at international competitions. She competed at world championships, including at the 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015 Trampoline World Championships.[2][3] She was Canada's alternate female trampoline competitor in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[4]
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| Full name | Samantha Faye Sendel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Sam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 10, 1991 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Trampoline gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | From 2008[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Skyriders Trampoline Place, Richmond Hill, ON, CAN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Dave Ross [club, national], Ken Soehn [national] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal
editShe lives in Aurora, Ontario. After the Canadian Olympic Committee unveiled LGBT initiatives in December 2014, including a partnership with You Can Play,[5] Sendel came out as a lesbian.[6]
References
edit- ^ "National Teams - Samantha Sendel - Gymnastics Canada". Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ^ "Samantha Sendel FIG Profile". fig-gymnastics.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ "2015 Trampoline World Championships athletes - Samantha Sendel". Longinestiming.com. Archived from the original on 21 May 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ "Gymnastics Canada 2016 Rio Olympic Games". Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ^ Zeigler, Cyd (2 December 2014). "Canadian Olympic Committee unveils LGBT initiatives, partnership with You Can Play". Outsports. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ^ Larison, Ben (5 December 2014). "Olympic trampoline hopeful Sam Sendel comes out to inspire other LGBT athletes". Outsports. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
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