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Geography Challenge
Team Canada 2009 |
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Geographic World Championship 2009 |
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Date: July 15th, 2009
Location: Mexico City, MX
Team Canada: Peter Brandt, Chris Chiavatti and Graham Tompkins |
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Team Canada wins
gold medal |
Canadians take gold medal at World Championship!
A team of three Canadian students —
Peter Brandt, Chris Chiavatti and Graham Tompkins — won the gold medal today at the National Geographic World Championship
in Mexico City. The Canadian team led the entire way throughout the Final and finished on top with a 12-point lead.
The United States finished second with a score of 25/50 and Poland finished third with a score of 24/50.
 They worked very well as a team and we are extremely
proud of these students for
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The Final, moderated by Alex Trebek, host of the popular U.S. television quiz show “Jeopardy!”, was the culmination
of two days of intense competition that covered all aspects of geography, including map-reading and teamwork skills.
The Canadian team successfully beat out teams from 14 other countries to reach today's final.
The Canadian team was comprised of Peter Brandt, age 15, from Ste. Anne, Manitoba; Chris Chiavatti, age 15, from
Burnaby, British Columbia; and Graham Tompkins, age 16, from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
“They worked very well as a team and we are extremely
proud of these students for what they’ve accomplished at the National Geographic
World Championship. I know they will always treasure their Great Canadian Geography
Challenge and World Championship experiences,” said Beth Dye, Chair of the Canadian
Council for Geographic Education (CCGE) who accompanied the team. The CCGE organizes
the annual Great Canadian Geography Challenge, a national
student geography competition – sponsored by HSBC Bank Canada and the Royal
Canadian Geographical Society – where
the winners qualify for the World Championship. More than 108,000 students in
582 schools across the country participated in this year’s Challenge.
• Read more about the National Geographic World Championship 2009 »
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