Hobbies
Reading, hiking, kayaking, cooking, writing. (canadianathletesnow.ca, 03 Nov 2018; olympic.ca, 01 Nov 2018)
Occupation
Athlete, Student
Education
Physiotherapy - University of Montreal, Canada
Spoken languages
English, French
Club
Club Gymnika [Repentigny, QC, CAN]
Coach
Jean-Sebastien Tougas [club, national], CAN
International senior debut
2015 for Canada (gymcan.org, 01 Nov 2015)
Injuries
During his first event at the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, he pulled an abdominal muscle. He was able to continue competing in his other events. (International Gymnast magazine, December 2019; usagym.org, 26 Oct 2018)
National Team
2015 (gymcan.org, 27 Mar 2020)
Start sporting career
He took up gymnastics at age seven. (olympic.ca, 31 May 2014)
Reason for taking up the sport
"I wanted to try trampoline at a club close from home, turns out that that club offered way more than just trampoline and it is when I discovered gymnastics. I fell in love with it in no time and joined a competitive group." (canadianathletesnow.ca, 03 Nov 2018)
Hero / Idol
Canadian artistic gymnast Kyle Shewfelt. (gymqc.ca, 01 Jan 2017)
Most influential person in career
Coach Jean-Sebastien Tougas. (canadianathletesnow.ca, 03 Nov 2018)
Philosophy / Motto
"What is worth doing is worth doing well." (olympic.ca, 01 Nov 2018)
Awards
He was named Gymnastics Canada's Senior Male Athlete of the Year in both 2017 and 2018. (gymcan.org, 03 Feb 2018; intlgymnast.com, 05 Feb 2018; Gymnastics Canada 2018-2019 Annual Report)
Additional information
General
MIXED EMOTIONS
He says he felt mixed emotions at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, due to Canada missing out on a spot in the team event for the 2020 Olympic Games, while he secured an individual quota spot for the Games. "It was devastating to realise that we failed to qualify the team. For a whole day I felt the disappointment with the rest of my teammates. When I learned that I qualified individually, I had truly mixed feelings. On one hand I was ecstatic, but it didn't happen the way I hoped. I couldn't share the victory with my teammates because of our recent defeat. It's only after the world championships that I could appreciate my Olympic qualification." (International Gymnast magazine, December 2019)
Last update : 2021-09-29