But the ongoing SNAFU means she has had to miss the Pan American Games, which opened Friday in Chile and offers the winner an Olympic berth. The 16-year-old Brooks was born in Texas and grew up in Hawaii but has Canadian ties through her American-born father Jeff, who is a dual American-Canadian citizen, and her grandfather who was born and raised in Montreal.īrooks had hoped to secure her citizenship and represent Canada at next year's Paris Olympics.
Teenage surfing prodigy Erin Brooks has had her bid for Canadian citizenship turned down by the federal government.
