Mariette Houle (born July 10, 1954) is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. Houle was born in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec.
She was part of the Canadian handball team, which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. She played all five matches.
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad and officially branded as Montreal 1976, were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam on May 12, 1970, over the bids of Moscow and Los Angeles. It was the first and, so far, only Summer Olympic Games to be held in Canada. Toronto hosted the 1976 Summer Paralympics the same year as the Montreal Olympics, which still remains the only Summer Paralympics to be held in Canada. Calgary and Vancouver later hosted the Winter Olympic Games in 1988 and 2010, respectively.
Nicole Génier is a Canadian former handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Canada has sent athletes to every Winter Olympic Games and every Summer Olympic Games since its debut at the 1900 games with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics, which it boycotted along with the USA and other countries. Canada has won at least one medal at every Olympics in which it has competed. The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) is the National Olympic Committee for Canada.
Karin Ørnhøj Mortensen is a former Danish team handball player and two times Olympic champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, as well as the 2002 European Women's Handball Championship where she was awarded the MVP award for the tournament.
Katrine Lunde is a Norwegian professional handball goalkeeper for Vipers Kristiansand and the Norwegian national team.
Houle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Allison Marie Pineau is a French handballer for Metz Handball and the French national team. She won gold medal at the 2017 World Championship, 2018 European Championship and 2020 Olympic Games.
Nora Mørk is a Norwegian handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Norwegian national team.
Stine Bredal Oftedal is a former Norwegian professional handball player for the Norwegian national team, where she was the team captain for nine years and who last played for Győri ETO KC. She is three times world champion and five times European champion with the Norwegian national team. Oftedal has several times announced her retiring from international handball after the Summer Olympics of 2024.
Alexandra Priscila do Nascimento Martínez is a Brazilian former handball player. She played in the Brazilian national team.
Jamina Caroline Roberts is a Swedish professional handball player for Vipers Kristiansand and the Swedish national team. As of 2024 she has the second most caps for the Swedish national team ever, and the most of any active players.
Lois Abbingh is a Dutch female professional handballer who plays for Vipers Kristiansand and the Dutch national team. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Luisa Kiala is an Angolan handball player. She is a member of the Angola women's national handball team and participated at the 2011 and 2013 World Women's Handball Championships in Brazil and Serbia.
Azenaide Danila José Carlos a.k.a. Zizica is an Angolan handball player for CSM Corona Brașov and the Angolan handball team.
Cameron Levins is a Canadian long-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Levins had the best-Canadian finish ever of fourth in the marathon at the 2022 World Championships, setting a new Canadian record. He is the North American record holder for the marathon and the Canadian record holder for the half marathon.
Karol-Ann Canuel is a Canadian former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2021 for the Vienne Futuroscope, Velocio–SRAM and SD Worx teams.
Hugo Houle is a Canadian professional cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam Israel–Premier Tech.
Veronica Kristiansen is a Norwegian professional handball player for Győri ETO KC and the Norwegian national team.
Antonella Gambino is an Argentine handball player. She plays for the club Argentinos Juniors and on the Argentina women's national handball team. She defended Argentina at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia, and the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto (Canada), where Argentina won its inaugural qualification to the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.
The men's road time trial event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 28 July 2021 around the Fuji Speedway in the Shizuoka Prefecture. 39 cyclists from 31 nations competed in the race, with everyone bar one rider eventually finishing.