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New Brunswick Special Olympics athletes have been racking up medals at the national summer games in Medicine Hat, Alta., this week. As of early Friday afternoon, 30-year-old swimmer Jesse Canney of Durham Bridge won six individual gold medals along with a gold relay medal and two team silvers.
Jesse Canney of Durham Bridge took home 6 individual golds
Hannah Rudderham · CBC News
· Posted: Aug 14, 2026 2:25 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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Jesse Canney, a swimmer from Durham Bridge, is a multi-medal winner at the 2026 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games. (Submitted by Pam Moxon)
New Brunswick Special Olympics athletes have been racking up medals at the national summer games in Medicine Hat, Alta., this week.
As of early Friday afternoon, 30-year-old swimmer Jesse Canney of Durham Bridge won six individual gold medals at the Special Olympics Canada Summer Games, along with a gold relay medal and two team silvers.
Canney, who has autism, was enrolled in private swimming lessons when he was six or seven years old, according to his mom Pam Moxon. When he was 11, he joined the Capital Region Special Olympics team,
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