Boccia Canada News

Espoir Team Members, Olivier Dussault and Olivier Roy, competed in a close match at the 2021 Canadian Boccia Championships Ottawa, ON (May 31, 2022) – Boccia Canada has selected four athletes to the Espoir Team in 2022. Grigore Ciobanu (Laval, QC), Olivier Dussault (Québec City, QC), Olivier Roy (Québec City, QC), and Ryan Rondeau (Edmonton, AB)…

Canada and Slovakia in BC4 Pairs semi-final action in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (May 3, 2022) – The world number four ranked BC4 Pair of Alison Levine (Montréal, QC) and Iulian Ciobanu (Montréal, QC) lost on Monday in the bronze medal match at the 2022 Rio World Boccia Cup. Canada leaves the Team…

Kristyn Collins and Alison Levine celebrate with their performance partners and Head Coach César Nicolai at the Rio de Janeiro 2022 World Boccia Cup Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (May 1, 2022) – Alison Levine (Montréal, QC) and Kristyn Collins (St. John’s, NL) were among six Canadian athletes who qualified for the playoffs at the Rio de…

Marco Dispaltro will be looking for a repeat medal in Rio de Janeiro, just four months after his success in São Paulo Ottawa, ON (April 27, 2022) – Canada will be represented by a group of ten boccia athletes at the 2022 Rio de Janeiro World Boccia Cup starting today until May 3. The ten athletes include Lance…

BC1 athlete and gold medalist Stephen Westcott and Sport Assistant James O’Neill celebrate the win in Montréal (Photo Credit: Frederic Thomas) Montréal, QC (April 26, 2022) – Perseverance and passion was on full display at the 2022 Défi sportif AlterGo National Boccia Open as winners in BC1, BC2, BC3, BC4, BC5, and Open took to the podium. The…