Michael Forgeron
Appearance
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![]() Forgeron after winning gold in 1992 | |||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Michael Joseph Forgeron | ||||||||||||||
Born | 24 January 1966 Main-à-Dieu, Nova Scotia, Canada | (age 59)||||||||||||||
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
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Michael Forgeron". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
External links
[edit]- Mike Forgeron at World Rowing
- Michael Forgeron at Team Canada
- Michael Joseph Forgeron at Olympics.com
- Michael Forgeron at Olympic.org (archived)
- Michael Forgeron at Olympedia
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 medalists in rowing
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Rowers at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
- Rowers from Nova Scotia
- Canadian rowing biography stubs
- Canadian Olympic medalist stubs