FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2013 Summer Universiade
16 fencers to represent Canada in Kazan
June 21, 2013
OTTAWA (CIS) – Canadian Interuniversity Sport, in conjunction
with the Canadian Fencing Federation, announced Friday the 16
student-athletes who will represent Canada in fencing at the 2013
Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia.
Summer Universiade website:
http://www.kazan2013.com/en
Team Canada website:
http://english.cis-sic.ca/universiade/summer/2013
This is the largest fencing contingent the country has sent to
the world university games since 1993, when 25 Canadians crossed the
border to compete in Buffalo.
The women’s roster heading to Kazan is comprised of Chantel
Helwer of Moncton, N.B., Valérie Hogues of Montreal, Karis Langvand
of Red Deer, Alta., Vivian Poon of Mississauga, Ont., and Aimée
Schryer of Saskatoon. Hogues, Langvand and Poon are entered in the
epee tournament, while Helwer and Schryer will compete in the sabre
and foil events, respectively.
On the men’s side, Kerr Hutchinson of Kingston, Ont., Marc-André
Leblanc of Moncton, David Shorey of Vancouver and John Wright of
Ottawa will battle in the epee tourney. Cédric Boutet of Laval,
Que., Julien Hogues of Montreal and Paul Pietrusinski of North
Vancouver are set to compete in the sabre, while Haig Basmadjian of
Calgary, Scott Dudiak of Saskatoon, François Provencher of Ottawa
and Jean-Marc Turk, also of Ottawa, will participate in the foil
competition.
Rounding out the delegation are coach Patricia Howes from Royal
Military College, as well as team leader and former Olympian Jacques
Cardyn.
Leblanc is the only team member with previous Universiade
experience (2005, 2009). The University of Ottawa student achieved
one of the best international performances of his career last summer
when he finished seventh at a World Cup event in Argentina and,
along with Wright, helped the Canadian men win a silver medal in the
team competition.
Many other members of the squad have also represented Canada on
the national stage in recent years, including Shryer, who travelled
to Hungary last February for a World Cup tournament.
Canadian fencers have captured two Universiade medals over the
years, including a silver in the men’s team epee competition in 1987
in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, and a third-place finish by Madeleine Philion
in foil in 1983 in Edmonton.
The Kazan tourney is set for July 6 to 12.
TEAM CANADA ROSTER
Name University Hometown Event
Women
Chantel Helwer Manitoba Moncton, N.B. Sabre
Valérie Hogues Montreal Montreal, Que. Epee
Karis Langvand Calgary Red Deer, Alta. Epee
Vivian Poon Western Mississauga, Ont. Epee
Aimée Schryer Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Sask. Foil
Men
Haig Basmadjian UBC Calgary, Alta. Foil
Cédric Boutet Concordia Laval, Que. Sabre
Scott Dudiak Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Sask. Foil
Julien Hogues Concordia Montreal, Que. Sabre
Kerr Hutchinson Ottawa Kingston, Ont. Epee
Marc-André Leblanc Ottawa Moncton, N.B. Epee
Paul Pietrusinski Simon Fraser North Vancouver, B.C. Sabre
François Provencher Carleton Ottawa, Ont. Foil
David Shorey Simon Fraser Vancouver, B.C. Epee
Jean-Marc Turk McGill Ottawa, Ont. Foil
John Wright Ottawa Ottawa, Ont. Epee
Position Name University Hometown
Coach Patricia Howes RMC Montreal, Que.
Team Leader Jacques Cardyn - Montreal, Que.
CANADA’S ALL-TIME UNIVERSIADE MEDALS IN FENCING:
Silver
1987 (Zagreb, Yugoslavia): Men’s Team Epee
Bronze
1983 (Edmonton, Canada): Madeleine Philion (foil)
About the Summer Universiade
The Summer Universiade is an international multi-sport event that
takes place every two years and is second only to the Olympic Games
in the number of participating athletes and countries. The
Universiade is open to competitors who are at least 17 and less than
28 years of age as of January 1 in the year of the Games.
Participants must be full-time students at a post-secondary
institution (university, college, CEGEP) or have graduated from a
post-secondary institution in the year preceding the event.
About Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of
university sport in Canada. Every year, 11,000 student-athletes and
700 coaches from 54 universities and four regional associations vie
for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. CIS also
provides high performance international opportunities for Canadian
student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, as well as
numerous world university championships. For further information,
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