Maxim Boilard

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Maxim Boilard
Personal information
Born (1978-06-26) June 26, 1978 (age 47)
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Seville C-4 1000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2003 Gainesville C-4 1000 m
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1999 Winnipeg C-2 500 m

Maxime Boilard (sometimes listed as Maxim Boilard, born June 26, 1978) is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1990s through 2004. He was born in Quebec City, Quebec. His career highlight was a fourth-place finish in the C-1 500 m event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He also won two silver medals in the C-4 1000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in 2002 and 2003. He was a silver medalist in the C-2 500 m event at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg. [1]

Since his paddling career ended, Boilard has become a successful businessperson in Quebec, founding CANU, a company that supports corporate leadership development. In 2008 and 2012, Boilard served as a French-language analyst for Radio Canada and Reseau des Sports at the Olympic Games, covering canoe-kayak and rowing. [2] In 2008, he was selected as a member of the Governor General's Canadian Leadership Conference. [3]

References

  1. "Results Day 2". Canoe.ca. Slam! Sports. Archived from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. "DUTCHYSHEN, ONRAIT, O'TOOLE JOIN 2012 OLYMPIC BROADCAST TEAM". TSN.ca. TSN. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. "Members by Home Province/Territory - Québec". leadershipcanada.ca. The Governor General's Canadian Leadership Conference. Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2014-08-13.