Paramjit Gill with his four gold medals and one silver medal. Paramjit Gill of Abbotsford, British Columbia won 4 Gold medals and 1 Silver medal in the 65-69 age group at the 2024 Canadian Masters Outdoor Championship, held from August 2 to August 4 in Laval, Quebec (just outside Montreal).
Table 1 Medal counts of Paramjit Gill.
Event Pentathlon Medal Gold
Event Hammer Throw Medal Gold
Event Shotput Medal Gold
Event Weight Throw Medal Gold
Event Discus Medal Silver
It was interesting to note that on the same day, Ethan Katzberg, of Nanaimo, BC, Canada won a gold medal in the Men’s Hammer Throw event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France. Paramjit had an opportunity to get some tips from Ethan when he took a course from him.
Paramjit Gill of Abbotsford, BC with Ethan Katzberg of Nanaimo, BC both Gold Medalists in Hammer Throw, at the 2024 Canadian Masters Outdoor Championship and at the 2024 Summer Olympics, respectively.
Paramjit Gill with other participants at the 2024 Canadian Masters Outdoor Championship.
More information about the Canadian Masters Athletes can be obtained from https://canadianmasters.ca/about.
About Paramjit Gill
Paramjit Gill, is a son of Sardarni Randhir Kaur Chahal and Sardar Jang Bahadur Singh Gill, of Khokhar, near Tanda, Hoshianpur, Punjab, India. He graduated with a BA from Government Mohindra College, Patiala, and Received a Diploma in Physical Teaching Education from Government College of Physical Education, Patiala. He migrated to Canada in 1989 and spent the majority of his time in Quesnel, BC, where he developed skills in tree plantation, designated first aid, and as a grader man in a sawmill. Thereafter, he moved to Abbotsford, BC, for the betterment of his children’s education at the university level. Here, he started as a private insurance broker.
After his retirement last year, he fully committed himself to training for competition at a Canadian Championship. His dream to participate in a pentathlon competition was achieved by obtaining a gold medal. With this it has given him enough courage to continue to develop, improve, and master his skills to compete for the World Championship next year to be held in Europe.
ALL THE BEST, Paramjit!