KAMLOOPS – One the of the most accomplished athletes in the history of Thompson Rivers University came up clutch on the world's biggest stage August 31, as Greg Stewart captured gold in the men's F46 shot put at the Tokyo Paralympics.
Registering a throw of 16.75 metres in the first round, Stewart set a new Paralympic record and a mark that would not be matched on the day. Standing over seven feet tall, the athlete from Kamloops won gold in his first appearance at the Paralympics after only taking up the sport of shot put in the last five years.
In his time with the WolfPack, Stewart was a dominant force on the basketball court. Helping the team transition from the BCCAA to U SPORTS – the highest level of university sport in Canada – Stewart became the first Canada West award winner in program history when he claimed back-to-back Defensive Player of the Year honours in 2009-10 and 2010-11. In the final year of his WolfPack career Stewart was further recognized on the national stage as the top defensive player in all of Canada.
Stewart still ranks in the Canada West record books as tenth in rebounds (775), fifth in rebounds-per-game (9.337), second in blocked shots (174) and fifth in double-doubles (34) in conference history.
Stewart's gold medal brings an end to what was an outstanding Summer for the WolfPack on the world stage. He joins Kevin Tillie as a world champion after Tillie won gold with the French National Team at the Tokyo Olympics in men's volleyball, while fellow WolfPack alumnus Gord Perrin captained the Canadian Men's Volleyball Team to a quarter-final berth at the Olympics. Rounding out the WolfPack content is current women's volleyball head coach
Chad Grimm who was an assistant coach on the Canadian Women's Volleyball Team that captured
Bronze at the NORCECA Championship.
