Category:Étienne Desmarteau

**Étienne Desmarteau**
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Date of birth	4 February 1873; Boucherville
Date of death	29 October 1905; Montreal
Manner of death	natural causes;
Cause of death	typhoid fever;
Country of citizenship	Canada;
Occupation	athletics competitor;
Sports discipline competed in	shot put;
Award received	Quebec Sports Hall of Fame; Canada's Sports Hall of Fame;
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English: Étienne Desmarteau (4 February 1873 - 29 October 1905 in Boucherville, Quebec, Canada) was a Canadian athlete, winner of the weight throwing event at the 1904 Summer Olympics. For some time, it was thought that Desmarteau was the first Olympic champion from Canada, but it was later discovered that 1900 champion George Orton, who ran for an American university, was also Canadian.

Français : Étienne Desmarteau, ( Boucherville, Québec, ) est un athlète québécois. Il a remporté la médaille d'or aux Jeux olympiques d'été de Saint-Louis de 1904 au lancer du poids de 56 livres.