Canadian para paddler Brianna Hennessy earns Paralympic silver medal
By The Canadian Press on September 7, 2024.
PARIS – Canada’s para canoeist Brianna Hennessy has won a silver medal at the Paralympic Games. The 39-year-old from Ottawa was second in the women’s 200-metre sprint in a canoe that has a support float and is propelled with a single-blade paddle. Hennessy earned the first Paralympic medal of her career. She finished just over a second behind gold medallist Emma Wiggs of Britain. Hennessy was a silver medallist in the last three straight world championships in the event. She suffered paralysis when she was struck by a car in Toronto in 2014 at the age of 30. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 7, 2024. 8-7
