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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||
| Born | December 27, 1979 | ||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||
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Pascale Dorcelus (born 27 December 1979) [1] is a Canadian weightlifter.
Dorcelus competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal in the 63 kg snatch event [2] and a bronze medal in the 63 kg total event. [3]
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