Gino Vendetti

Gino Vendetti is a former Canadian Paralympic athlete who competed in para-athletics and in powerlifting and won three silver medals and a bronze medal at the Summer Paralympics. He won a silver medal in powerlifting at the 1984 Summer Paralympics, held in Stoke Mandeville in the United Kingdom and in New York City in the United States, and a bronze medal in the men's 800 metres C4 event. At the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul he won silver in both the men's 200 metres C4-5 and the men's 400 metres C4-5 events. In 2015 he carried the torch in the relay for the Pan American Games held in Toronto.