Ramsay heading to Pan Am Games

North Bay’s Buck Ramsay will be representing Canada at the Pan Am games which are taking place in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

The Olympic Weightlifter is one of three Canadian male lifters taking part in the high profile event. Ramsay qualified for the Pan Am games by placing 5th at an event in Cuba back in March. He will be lifting out of the 85 kg. weight class.

The University of Toronto student was named the top male weightlifter at the 2006 Ontario Senior Weightlifting championships.

Ramsay started the sport at a young age by joining the local Norsemen Weightlifting club coached by Larry Sheppard.

The last North Bay athlete to represent Canada at the Pan Am games was sprinter Adam Newton. He was part of Canada’s 4 x 100 M men’s relay team that won silver in Windsor, Ontario back in the summer of 2005.