{"id":4823,"date":"2026-05-11T11:50:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/club\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T08:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T12:49:18","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/en\/club\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Our philosophy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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At Natation Gatineau, we believe that excellence is not measured by times alone, but by the quality of the people we help to shape.<\/p>

Swimming is a remarkable learning environment where young people develop discipline, independence, resilience, team spirit and the drive to surpass themselves. These qualities allow them not only to reach their full athletic potential, but also to become confident, responsible adults ready to take on the challenges of their personal, academic and professional lives.<\/p>

Our goal is to create an environment of excellence where every swimmer is supported according to their own aspirations. For some, this journey will lead to high-level sport; for all, it will build lasting skills that stay with them far beyond the pool.<\/p>

Because the greatest victories are not measured in medals alone, but also in the person we become.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Natation Gatineau builds a community around competitive swimming. We foster and recognize collective and individual pride and performance at every level.<\/p>

We aim to create a lifelong passion for swimming and to give each of our members the opportunity to reach their full potential in sport and in life.<\/p>

Whether at the swim school, in our pre-competitive groups or within our performance programs, every swimmer trains in a stimulating environment guided by passionate coaches.<\/p>

Our club is far more than a training venue: it is a big family where team spirit, self-improvement and the joy of swimming are passed on from one generation to the next.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Our values guide each of our actions, both in the water and beyond the pool. They define the spirit of the club and the experience we want to offer all our members.<\/p>

They are reflected in the daily work of our swimmers, our coaches and our volunteers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tA feeling of regard for someone that leads us to treat them with particular consideration<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\tPride\u200b<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\tA strong sense of dignity and honour<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\tDetermination<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\tThe attitude of a person who acts without hesitation, according to the decisions they have made \u2014 the psychological outcome of the decision<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\tThe act of persevering, in order to keep doing what one has resolved to do, through a renewed act of will<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Natation Gatineau is a swim club affiliated with the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration de natation du Qu\u00e9bec and Natation Canada. Through its programs, it offers services to people of all ages. Swimmers are grouped into different categories based on their age and skill level.<\/p>

As a competitive program, participation in competitions is mandatory from a certain level onward.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Notre club Notre philosophie \u00c0 Natation Gatineau, nous croyons que l’excellence ne se mesure pas uniquement par les chronos, mais par la qualit\u00e9 des personnes que nous aidons \u00e0 former. La natation est un formidable laboratoire d’apprentissage o\u00f9 les jeunes d\u00e9veloppent la discipline, l’autonomie, la r\u00e9silience, l’esprit d’\u00e9quipe et le d\u00e9passement de soi. Ces qualit\u00e9s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3654,"parent":4825,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Discover Natation Gatineau's mission, values and history \u2014 a Gatineau swim club dedicated to developing swimmers of every level in a healthy, stimulating environment.","_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":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4823","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4823\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/natationgatineau.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}