I discovered Natation Gatineau at age 8, in its swim school. What was meant to be a simple activity quickly became a way of life. There I built my identity as a young person, then as an athlete, as a junior coach and, today, as a sport professional.<\/p>\n
As a swimmer, I had the chance to stand out through my determination and perseverance, notably by holding the Natation Gatineau record in the 400 m individual medley for several years. More than the results, this journey taught me discipline, resilience and the drive to always seek to improve.<\/p>\n
For more than thirteen years, I have had the privilege of working with hundreds of swimmers of all ages and levels. Over my career I have coached practically all of Natation Gatineau’s competitive groups and led the Griffons collegiate team, which achieved provincial podiums as well as record growth in its program.<\/p>\n
I am an NCCP Level 2 coach and consider myself above all a passionate advocate for human development. Swimming is a remarkable laboratory where young people learn far more than how to swim: they learn to think, to show courage, to accept failure, to solve problems and to push their own limits.<\/p>\n
My philosophy is simple: performance is never an end in itself. It is the result of a constant pursuit of personal excellence. Every practice is an opportunity to develop technique, independence, critical thinking, rigour and the joy of learning. When these qualities take root, performance follows naturally.<\/p>\n
On the technical side, I believe that a well-built swimmer is one who will stay healthy for a long time. A mastered technique not only lets you go faster, but also prevents the vast majority of injuries. That is why I pay particular attention to the quality of movement and to technical fundamentals, whatever the athlete’s level.<\/p>\n
Natation Gatineau has given me far more than a sport. The club allowed me to grow, to discover my strengths, to build my confidence and to find a calling. I watched the Sports Centre rise from the ground, I watched the club evolve over the years, and I had the privilege of contributing to it as a swimmer, coach, manager and mentor.<\/p>\n
Today, what motivates me remains exactly the same as when I started: to pass on to young people what swimming gave me and to offer them an environment where they can not only become better swimmers, but above all better people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4685,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[]},"members-group":[19],"class_list":["post-4871","member","type-member","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","members-group-entraineur"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member\/4871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/member"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"members-group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/members-group?post=4871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}