Michael Forgeron
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| File:Mike Forgeron.jpg Forgeron after winning gold in 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Michael Joseph Forgeron | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 January 1966 (age 60) Main-à-Dieu, Nova Scotia, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 216 lb (98 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Michael Joseph "Mike" Forgeron (born 24 January 1966, in Main-à-Dieu, Nova Scotia) is a rower from Canada. He competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.[1] At his debut, he was a member of the team that won the gold medal in the Men's Eights (3 seat) making Forgeron the first Olympic Gold Medalist in Atlantic Canada. In the 1996 Olympics, he competed in the Men's Double Sculls. Forgeron was also in the Pan Am Games in a coxed pair straight six (stroke) earning a bronze medal along with a pair earning a silver medal.
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Mike Forgeron at World RowingLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Michael Forgeron at Olympic.org (archived)
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Categories:
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Canadian male rowers
- Olympic rowers for Canada
- Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Canada
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada in rowing
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada in rowing
- Rowers at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Canada
- Summer World University Games medalists in rowing
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
- Rowers from Nova Scotia
- Canadian rowing biography stubs
- Canadian Olympic medalist stubs