Update to 2022 Défi sportif AlterGo National Boccia Open Registration List
The Défi sportif AlterGo National Boccia Open competition begins today with athletes competing from coast to coast
Montréal, QC (April 22, 2022) – Boccia Canada has issued an update to the 2022 Defi sportif AlterGo National Boccia Open athlete list. WhoForty-one athletes are participating in the National Boccia Open as part of 2022 Défi sportif AlterGo. Among the participants are top athletes in their province. Some athletes included in the previous list have been removed while others added. BC1Chris Halpen (Victoria, BC)Dorya Belal (Brossard, QC)Justine Bureau (Lévis, QC)Mario Girard (Montréal, QC)Stephen Westcott (Conception Bay South, NL)REMOVED: Hanif Mawji (Burnaby, BC) BC2Benoit Ostiguy (Montréal, QC)Danny Pouliot* (Montréal, QC)Dave Richer (Ste-Julie, QC)Gaétan Lottinville (Montréal, QC)Margot Vignal (Montréal, QC)Olivier Roy (Québec City, QC)Sandrine Dion (Laval, QC)Sebastien Theriault* (Québec City, QC)REMOVED: Pierre-Yves Levesque (Montréal, QC) BC3Alek St-Pierre (Blainville, QC); Ass’t: Mario St-PierreAlexandre Lemaire* (Kingsey Falls, QC); Ass’t: Francis LemaireAlexandre Raymond (Sorel-Tracy, QC); Ass’t: Isabelle BletteAlexandre Ziegler (Montréal, QC); Ass’t: Éric ZieglerAmine Loulidi (Montréal, QC); Ass’t: Zain el MedhiCarter Plumb* (Brampton, ON); Ass’t: Jennifer KnightEsraa Sbeiti* (Montréal, QC); Ass’t: Ali RaghedaJoshua Gautier* (Niagara Fall, ON); Ass’t: Joyce GautierMariane Paquet (Québec City, QC); Ass’t: Gilles PaquetNico Iemma (Oshawa, ON); Ass’t: Patrick IemmaPhilippe Lord (Blainville, QC); Ass’t: Gaétan LordRyan Rondeau (edmonton, AB); Ass’t: Meghan LewisSamuel Lafleur (Montréal, QC); Ass’t: Nathalie LaflammeSylvie Maheu (Montréal, QC); Ass’t: René Nicolas BC4Grigore Ciobanu (Laval, QC)Marco Dispaltro* (St-Jérôme, QC) BC5David Simoneau (Montréal, QC)Guy Simard (Montréal, QC)Leah Gustave (Montréal, QC)Marc-Antoine Goupil (Honfleur, QC)Terrie Hefford (Mount Pearl, NL) OpenAriane Dubuc (Montréal, QC)Ariane Soulard (Montréal, QC)Daniel Hutchison (Victoria, BC)Kylie Waters (Victoria, BC)Nancie Caldwell (Montréal, QC)Richard Brochu (Montréal, QC)Steven Tremblay (Montréal, QC) *Additions to the athlete list for the 2022 Défi sportif AlterGo National Boccia Open
About Défi sportif AlterGo
Unique in the world, the Défi sportif AlterGo is the only event that has been bringing together elite and up-and-coming athletes of all functional limitations for 39 years. In 2022, the Défi sportif AlterGo presents a program that includes a reduced face-to-face component, a face-to-face component in schools and a virtual component. From April 22 to May 1, 2022, more than 4,000 athletes are expected for 10 days of competition. Twelve sports will be presented on 7 sites in Montreal and Longueuil. To consult the complete schedule and watch the webcast visit defisportif.com.
About Boccia Canada
Boccia Canada is the boccia delivery arm of the Canadian Cerebral Palsy Sports Association (CCPSA), the National Sport Organization for the Paralympic sport of boccia. Boccia Canada is focused on providing athletes and individuals of all ages and skill with the chance to play a unique Paralympic sport. CCPSA collaborates with partners to increase the participation of Canadians with cerebral palsy and related disabilities in sport and physical activity, while leading, developing and growing boccia from grassroots, to producing World and Paralympic Champions.
About boccia
Boccia is a Paralympic sport of precision and strategy similar to lawn bowling or curling, played by athletes with Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy and related disabilities. It is one of only two Paralympic sports that do not have an Olympic counterpart. Athletes compete in one of six sport classes based on their level and type of disability: BC1, BC2, BC3 BC4, BC5, and Open.
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