Athletes

Jillian D’Alessio

Discipline/Event: Sprint Kayak

Hometown: Middle Sackville, NS

Residence: Dartmouth, NS

Club: Banook

Coach: Csom Latorovszki

Sponsors: Support 4 Sport, Bird Construction, O’Regans Automotive, Oakley Sunglasses

Education: Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and Philosophy from Saint Mary’s University

Interests: Working with RBC Olympian Program, co-owner of an active after-school/summer program called MAPS (Marshall’s Active Programs www.lifemaps.cc) my dog Boots, photography, reading, home renovations.

Significant Results:

2004 Olympic Games – 8th in K-4 500m

2003 and 2007 Pan American Games – Total of 4 medals, 2 gold and 2 bronze

2010 World Cup – 7th in K-2 500m

2005, 2006 & 2009 Senior World Championships, 2001 and 2003 Junior World Championships

Over 30 International medals and over 50 National medals won

NS Ikon Athlete of the Year Nominee 2004

Other:

Check out my blog at www.jilliandalessio.ca

Latest News

Clayton bound for London Olympics

May 14, 2012

The fate of Nova Scotia boxers Custio Clayton and Brody Blair came down to luck on Saturday, but only Clayton had the rabbit’s foot. Dartmouth’s Clayton, a six-time Canadian amateur champion, will compete at this summer’s London Olympics after grabbing the fifth and final position available at the AIBA American zone qualifying event in Rio… [read more]

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Unofficial: Dartmouth boxer, Custio Clayton earns spot in 2012 Games! http://t.co/5UP4EeI2
3 days ago

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David Sharpe

Discipline/event: Butterfly/Backstroke Hometown: Halifax Residence: Halifax Club: Halifax Trojans/Dalhousie Tigers Coach: Aaron Maszko/David Fry Education: Currently enrolled at Dalhousie University – Physics Goals: Make the Canadian Olympic team Interests: Surfing, Nintendo 64 Significant results: 2010 Nations Cup (Victoria, Canada) – 200m Butterfly – 5th 2009 World University Games (Belgrade, Serbia) – 100m Backstroke – 20th