Athletes

Jacob Chaplin-Saunders

Discipline/event: 470 Skipper

Hometown: Chester, NS

Residence: Halifax, NS

Club: Chester Yacht Club and the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron

Coach: Nigel Cochrane

Goals: To represent Canada at the 2016 Rio Olympics and be medal contenders; to complete my Industrial Engineering Diploma in the spring of 2014; and to compete regularly in gold fleet at grade 1 events in 2013.

Interests: Music, rock climbing, engineering.

Significant Results:

4th – 2013 Sailing World Cup Miami

50th – 2012 470 Worlds

2nd – 2012 Student Yachting World Cup

Website:

www.saunders470.com

Latest News

CanoeKayak Canada names 45 athletes to international tour teams

May 14, 2013

MONTRÉAL – CanoeKayak Canada is pleased to name 33 athletes to its Senior World Cup Team and 12 athletes to its Under 23 International Tour Team following the first set of National Team Trials in Montréal. “I’m looking forward to taking this team overseas for our first international competitions of the next quadrennial,” said Scott… [read more]

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@boxing_canada training camp in Montreal. Brody Blair (Pictou, NS) is in the ring. http://t.co/box67UWY40
yesterday

Pleased to announce @big_steins (Jeremy Steinbach) as the new Provincial Strength and Conditioning Coach in Halifax! Welcome to NS, May 27!
yesterday

Getting to Know our Atlantic Athletes! Learn more about @jcolley5 as she heads to SWNT tryouts this weekend! http://t.co/GUvZ59FgGC
3 days ago

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Dave Durepos

Discipline/Event: Wheelchair Basketball Hometown: Fredericton, NB Club: Elm City Sports Club Coach: Jerry Tonella, national men’s wheelchair basketball team Significant Results: Two-time Paralympic gold medallist (2000, 2004) Paralympic silver medallist (2008) World Championships gold medallist (2006) Two-time Canadian National Championships MVP (2006, 2007) Two-time Sport NB Male Athlete of the Year (2001, 2004)