Laurence J. "Larry" Cain, (born January 9, 1963) is a Canadian sprint canoeist. He was the first Canadian canoeist since Frank Amyot to win an Olympic gold medal in canoeing. Early life Cain was born in Toronto, Ontario. He attended Oakville Trafalgar High School. Career Cain began his career in 1974 at the Oakville Racing Canoe Club, now the Burloak Canoe Club, in Oakville, Ontario. Cain competed in three Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in the C-1 500 m, and a silver medal in the C1 1000 m events. He also won a silver medal in the C-1 1000 m event at the 1989 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Plovdiv. In 1984, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. In 1997, he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. A trail in Oakville has been named in his honour running along the town's waterfront where Cain trained. Cain taught Physical Education at St. Mildred's-Lightbourn School until 2014. He then worked as a coach, preparing paddlers for the Olympic Games in Rio. In 2016 Cain founded an online paddle-training company called Paddle Monster for standup paddleboarding. Cain also coached High Performance Canoeing at Burloak Canoe Club. References External links Official website Larry Cain at The Canadian Encyclopedia Canada's Sports Hall of Fame citation CBC archives Paddle Monster 1963 births Living people Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canadian educators Canadian male canoeists McMaster University alumni Members of the Order of Canada Olympic canoeists of Canada Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic silver medalists for Canada People from Oakville, Ontario Canoeists from Toronto Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Canadian schoolteachers Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics