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Biography
Impairment information
Origin of Impairment
Congenital
Classification
S10, SB9, SM10
Further personal information
Residence
Canada
Occupation
Athlete, Student
Languages
English, French
Sport specific information
When and where did you begin this sport?
He began competitive swimming at age seven. He then took three years away to pursue football before returning to the pool at age 12. The 2013 Provincial Championships in Nepean, ON, Canada, was his first major competition as a classified Para swimmer.
Why this sport?
He applied for classification as a Para swimmer in December 2012 because his coaches felt he had the potential to do well. He admitted that being classified affected his confidence, after previously competing against able-bodied opponents. "At the beginning it kind of got me down mentally because I thought, 'Oh, I'm a Para swimmer'. I thought that all of a sudden I couldn't go as fast as these other [able-bodied] guys, even though I was keeping up with them and even beating some of them."
International debut
Year
2014
Competing for
Canada
Tournament
Pan Pacific Championships
Location
Pasadena, CA, USA
General interest
Hobbies
Snowboarding, cooking, photography. (swimming.ca, 31 Jan 2020; Instagram profile, 19 Jan 2021)
Awards and honours
In 2014 he won the Gus Ryder Trophy for Male Para Athlete of the Year in Ontario, Canada. (swimontario.com, 10 June 2014)
Ambitions
To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 11 Sep 2019)
Impairment
He was born with syndactyly, a condition that caused the third and fourth finger on his right hand to be fused. He also has a smaller fifth digit [little finger] on his left hand, fused toes and overall smaller hands and feet. (flamboroughreview.com, 15 Aug 2015; thecord.ca, 15 Jun 2016)
Other information
OTHER STUDIES
He has also studied at Laval University in Quebec City, QC, Canada. (Twitter profile, 13 Mar 2021)
He has also studied at Laval University in Quebec City, QC, Canada. (Twitter profile, 13 Mar 2021)
Results
| Unit | Date | Rank |
|---|
| Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM10 | Final 1 | 2015-07-14 | 7 | |
| Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM10 | Heat 2 | 2015-07-14 | 8 | |
| Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB9 | Heat 2 | 2015-07-15 | 10 | |
| Men's 100 m Backstroke S10 | Final 1 | 2015-07-16 | 5 | |
| Men's 100 m Backstroke S10 | Heat 1 | 2015-07-16 | 4 | |
| Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts | Final 1 | 2015-07-17 | 6 | |
| Men's 100 m Butterfly S10 | Final 1 | 2015-07-17 | 6 | |
| Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts | Heat 1 | 2015-07-17 | 6 | |
| Men's 100 m Butterfly S10 | Heat 2 | 2015-07-17 | 4 | |
| Men's 4x100 m Medley 34pts | Heat 1 | 2015-07-18 | 5 | |
| Men's 4x100 m Medley 34pts | Final 1 | 2015-07-18 | 5 | |
| Men's 100 m Freestyle S10 | Heat 2 | 2015-07-18 | 6 | |
| Men's 100 m Freestyle S10 | Final 1 | 2015-07-18 | 8 | |
| Men's 400 m Freestyle S10 | Heat 1 | 2015-07-19 | 7 | |
| Men's 400 m Freestyle S10 | Final 1 | 2015-07-19 | 7 |
| Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB9 | Heat 1 | 2016-09-08 | 5 | |
| Men's 50 m Freestyle S10 | Heat 1 | 2016-09-09 | 3 | |
| Men's 50 m Freestyle S10 | Final Round | 2016-09-09 | 8 | |
| Men's 100 m Backstroke S10 | Final Round | 2016-09-10 | 7 | |
| Men's 100 m Backstroke S10 | Heat 2 | 2016-09-10 | 4 | |
| Men's 100 m Butterfly S10 | Final Round | 2016-09-12 | 4 | |
| Men's 100 m Butterfly S10 | Heat 2 | 2016-09-12 | 3 | |
| Men's 100 m Freestyle S10 | Heat 1 | 2016-09-13 | 4 | |
| Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts | Final Round | 2016-09-14 | 7 | |
| Men's 400 m Freestyle S10 | Heat 2 | 2016-09-15 | 6 | |
| Men's 4x100 m Medley 34pts | Final Round | 2016-09-17 | 7 |