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Born | Maria, Quebec, Canada | 13 November 2003||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Para-badminton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Hemiplegia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Marc-André Boudreau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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