François Boivin Explained
François Boivin (born 8 December 1982) is a Canadian snowboarder who competed in snowboard cross. He has represented Canada at two Winter Olympic games, won a silver medal at a World Championships, and won three bronze medals in World Cup competitions.
Boivin was born in Jonquière, Quebec.[1] He started snowboarding at the age of eight.[2] He has represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin where he placed tenth,[3] and at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver where he placed twelfth.[4] On the World Cup circuit, Boivin won bronze in 2004 at Berchtesgaden, 2005 at Sierra Nevada, and 2009 in La Molina.[5] At the 2005 World Championships, Boivin won a silver medal.[6]
Boivin retired in 2012.[7]
Notes and References
- Web site: François Boivin . Official Canadian Olympic Team Website . Canadian Olympic Committee . https://web.archive.org/web/20150209223801/http://olympic.ca/team-canada/francois-boivin/ . 9 February 2015 . dead .
- News: CANOE - 2006 GAMES TURIN ITALY - Boivin . https://archive.today/20150210063326/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Olympics/2006Turin/TeamCanada/Snowboarding/Boivin/ . usurped . 10 February 2015 . slam.canoe.ca/ .
- News: Francois Boivin . 1 February 2010 . The Province . https://www.webcitation.org/6WDVsQ8i1?url=http://www.theprovince.com/sports/2010wintergames/athletes/snowboard/Francois%20Boivin/2509627/story.html . 9 February 2015 . dead .
- News: Silver snowboarder . Blatchford . Andy . 16 February 2010 . Red Deer Advocate . https://web.archive.org/web/20150209230719/http://www.reddeeradvocate.com/sports/Silver_snowboarder_84436142.html . 9 February 2015 . dead .
- Web site: BOIVIN Francois - Biography - List of Top 3 in World Cup. FIS-Ski.com. International Ski Federation. https://web.archive.org/web/20150209230632/http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=SB&competitorid=5888&type=result&category=WC&season=ALL&sort=&discipline=ALL&position=3&place=&Submit=Search&limit=50. 9 February 2015. dead.
- Web site: Snowboarding the Canadian way . Mitchell . Andrew . 28 January 2005 . Pique Newsmagazine . https://web.archive.org/web/20150209225958/http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/snowboarding-the-canadian-way/Content?oid=2149524 . 9 February 2015 . dead .
- Olympic Silver Medalist Mike Robertson Retires along with National Team Veteran Francois Boivin and Journeyman Dan Csokonay . 29 May 2012 . Canada~Snowboard . https://web.archive.org/web/20150209223117/http://www.canadasnowboard.ca/en/media/news/?id=894 . 9 February 2015 . dead .
