Occupation
Student
Education
Life Science - Montmorency College: Laval, QC, CAN
Spoken languages
English, French
Club
Laval Excellence: Canada
Coach
Adrian Balan [club]
Injuries
In mid-2023 he was dealing with inflammation in his right wrist. (Facebook page, 18 Aug 2023)
In November 2022 he sustained a fractured finger. (gymqc.ca, 28 May 2023)
He suffered a partial tear in his left biceps at the 2021 World Challenge Cup event in Mersin, Turkiye. He competed with the injury the following month at the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, before taking a break to rehabilitate. (gymqc.ca, 26 Sep 2022; Facebook page, 06 Jun 2022; intlgymnast.com, 14 Dec 2021)
He was affected by a knee injury from August 2019 to early 2020. (intlgymnast.com, 01 Jul 2020)
He missed several months in 2018 due to a knee injury and a labrum tear in his shoulder. He required shoulder surgery in November 2018 and returned to competition in the early part of 2019. (gymqc.ca, 13 Jun 2019)
He was unable to compete at the 2018 Pacific Rim Championships in Medellin, Colombia, after injuring himself while warming up. (intlgymnast.com, 23 May 2018)
He was affected by a back injury in the early part of 2018. (courrierlaval.com, 15 Feb 2018)
Start sporting career
He took up gymnastics at age four.
Reason for taking up the sport
He was inspired by Canadian gymnast Kyle Shewfelt. "For me, he's the reason why I started gymnastics."
Ambitions
To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (lavalnews.ca, 12 Sep 2018)
Hero / Idol
Canadian artistic gymnast Kyle Shewfelt. (gymgc.ca, 04 Feb 2018)
Philosophy / Motto
"Work in silence, let the success be the noise." (gymgc.ca, 04 Feb 2018)
Awards
He was named Male International Athlete of the Year at the 2022 Gala Sports Laval in Canada. (Sports Laval Facebook page, 11 Jun 2022)
He was named 2022 Senior Men's Artistic Gymnastics Athlete of the Year by Gymnastics Canada. (Facebook page, 06 Jun 2022)
Additional information
ANXIETY
He struggled with anxiety in the months leading up to the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan. His physical trainer Maryse Allard advised him to take a break from training and instead spend time at his family's cabin at Lake Champlain in North America in order to refocus. He went on to place eighth in the individual all-around competition in Japan, the highest finish for a Canadian male gymnast in the event at the world championships. "My anxiety started with a mix of a lot of things. My biceps were hurting a lot and I was afraid of injuring my shoulder again because I had surgery on that shoulder in 2018. Also, I had to drop school because of the World Cups and world championships that were too complicated to deal with along with university. There was a little bit of shame in me because I wasn't at school and because I didn't know what I wanted to do after my gymnastics career. It might sound stupid, but not knowing where I was going was so uncomfortable for me. There was a lot of things going on in my life and all my comfort zones were not there anymore. It [the cabin] allowed me to refocus and recharge the batteries. It really put the switch back on. I went to my cabin for the weekend, with no social media, no gymnastics, no one. Just myself, meditation, a nice book, journaling and nature." (courrierlaval.com, 11 Nov 2022; intlgymnast.com, 14 Dec 2021; lapresse.ca, 04 Nov 2021; Facebook page, 03 Nov 2021; GymCastic YouTube channel, 24 Oct 2021)
OTHER STUDIES
He has studied marketing at the University of Quebec at Montreal in Canada. (Facebook profile, 16 May 2023; actualites.uqam.ca, 18 Apr 2023)
Last update : 2024-07-22
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