Maxim Boilard Explained

Birth Place:Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Birth Date:26 June 1978

Maxime Boilard (sometimes listed as Maxim Boilard, born June 26, 1978) is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1990s through 2004. He was born in Quebec City, Quebec. His career highlight was a fourth-place finish in the C-1 500 m event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He also won two silver medals in the C-4 1000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in 2002 and 2003. He was a silver medalist in the C-2 500 m event at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg.[1]

Since his paddling career ended, Boilard has become a successful businessperson in Quebec, founding CANU, a company that supports corporate leadership development. In 2008 and 2012, Boilard served as a French-language analyst for Radio Canada and Reseau des Sports at the Olympic Games, covering canoe-kayak and rowing.[2] In 2008, he was selected as a member of the Governor General's Canadian Leadership Conference.[3]

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  1. Web site: Results Day 2. https://archive.today/20140813161120/http://www.canoe.ca/PanAmGames/results_day2.html. usurped. August 13, 2014. Canoe.ca. Slam! Sports. 13 August 2014.
  2. Web site: DUTCHYSHEN, ONRAIT, O'TOOLE JOIN 2012 OLYMPIC BROADCAST TEAM. TSN.ca. TSN. 13 August 2014.
  3. Web site: Members by Home Province/Territory - Québec. leadershipcanada.ca. The Governor General's Canadian Leadership Conference. 2014-08-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20140814010941/http://2008.leadershipcanada.ca/index.php?option=com_members_directory&task=member2008&province=QC&Itemid=122. 2014-08-14. dead.