Dean Bergeron

Dean Bergeron
Dean Bergeron
Medal record
Track and field (T52)
Representing  Canada
Paralympic Games
1996 Atlanta 200m - T51
2008 Beijing 100m - T52
2008 Beijing 200m - T52
1996 Atlanta 400m - T51
1996 Atlanta 1500m - T51
1996 Atlanta 100m - T51
2000 Sydney 200m - T51
2000 Sydney 400m - T51
2004 Athens 800m - T52
2008 Beijing 400m - T52

Dean Bergeron (born February 12, 1969) is a Paralympic athlete from Canada competed mainly in category T52 sprint events in four Paralympic Games and is pursuing a career as an actuary.

Biography

Born in The Bay (today Saguenay), on February 12, 1969, Dean Bergeron became very interested in sports, especially ice hockey. In 1986, he joined the Shawinigan Cataractes of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He is then 17 years old, and promised a bright future. The following year, however, he became a paraplegic following a serious accident during a training session that forced him to undertake a long rehabilitation physical and social. It was during his studies in actuarial science at Laval University that he returned to physical activity.[1]

Paralympian career

It is in the field of athletics with wheelchair racing, also called track and field athletics he has illustrated. He has participated in several world championships and other international competitions presenting this event. He competed at the Atlanta, 1996, Sydney, 2000, Athens, 2004 and Beijing 2008 Games, and recorded a total of 11 Paralympic medals.[2][3]

Dean Bergeron holds the world record in the 200m distance. He was the first athlete in his discipline to break the 400-meter distance in less than a minute (58s 54). He also holds the Canadian records over 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m of this discipline.[4] He is a triple medalist at the 2008 Paralympic Games (two gold and one bronze).

He also participated in the Boston Marathons in 1999 and 2004 and the Ottawa Marathons in 2006 and 2007 for people in the wheelchair racing category. At his first participation in 1999, he won the marathon. For the years 2004, 2006 and 2007, he finished 2nd, 7th and 2nd respectively.[2]

Paralympic Games Results

At the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States, he won a gold medal in the men's 200 metres - T51 event, a silver medal in the men's 400 metres - T51 event, a silver medal in the men's 1500 metres - T51 event and a bronze medal in the men's 100 metres - T51 event.

At the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia, he won a bronze medal in the men's 200 metres - T51 event, a bronze medal in the men's 400 metres - T51 event, finished fifth in the men's 100 metres - T51 event and finished sixth in the men's 800 metres - T51 event.

At the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece, he won a bronze medal in the men's 800 metres - T52 event, finished fourth in the men's 200 metres - T52 event, finished fifth in the men's 400 metres - T52 event and did not finish in the men's 1500 metres - T52 event.

At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, he won a gold medal in the men's 100 metres - T52 event, a gold medal in the men's 200 metres - T52 event, a bronze medal in the men's 400 metres - T52 event and finished sixth in the men's 800 metres - T52 event

World Championships results

Event: 100m Position: 2nd position Result: 18.64

Event: 400m Position: 2nd position Result:

Event: 200m Position: 3rd position Result: 35.02

Event: 200m, 800m Position: 2nd position Result:

Event: 100m Position: 1st position Result:

Event: 200m, 400m, 1500m Position: 1st position Result:

Event: 800 m Position: 1st position Result: 32.07[5]

Career in insurance

In addition to his career in athletics, Dean Bergeron chose to pursue a career in the insurance field. Since 1993, he has been working in the field of life insurance having held positions as an insurance products advisor, particularly at Desjardins Financial Security.[6] In June 2009, Dean Bergeron joined La Capitale Financial Group. After holding various executive positions including Director of Marketing and Health Promotion,[7] and Senior Director of Operations.[8] He holds the position of Vice President of Administration and Client Relations in the group insurance sector of this company.[9]

Honors

Dean Bergeron was named "Male Athlete of the Year" at the Sport-Québec Gala in 2009, a title awarded recognizing the best athlete in Quebec, all sports combined (Chantal Petitclerc having earned the same honor on the female side the same year).[10] He was honored to be one of 16 chosen to carry the Paralympic Flame at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games of Vancouver[11] and had the honor of light the olympic bowl in Quebec when the flame stopped in this city on December 2, 2009.[12] In 2017, Dean Bergeron is admitted to the Parasports Quebec Hall of Fame.[13] That same year, he was inducted into the Quebec Sports Hall of Fame.[1] In April 2018, it is announced that the ice 2 of the Center Jean-Claude-Tremblay of The Bay will bear his name. This one was designed for sledge hockey, another paralympic sport[14][15] In June of the same year, he received the Gloire de l'Escolle medal, also named Grand Graduate Award, which is the highest distinction awarded by the Foundation of Laval University.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 « Panthéon des sports du Québec », Biographie de: Dean Bergeron, (consulté le 18 September 2017)
  2. 1 2 « Défi sportif alterego », Fiche technique – Dean Bergeron, présenté par Hydro-Québec (consulté le 18 September 2017)
  3. ↑ "Dean Bergeron". paralympique.ca (in French). Retrieved 29 June 2018. .
  4. ↑ « atlasmedic.com », (consulté le 18 September 2017)
  5. ↑ "Fiche imprimable : Dean Bergeron". ici.radio-canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  6. ↑ « Le journal de l'assurance », Vicky Poitras, 5 April 2011, (consulté le 19 September 2017)
  7. ↑ « La Capitale offre une version petite entreprise de son programme Viva! santé », Manon Corneau, La Capitale groupe financier inc. (consulté le 18 September 2017)
  8. ↑ « Dean Bergeron », (consulté le 18 September 2017)
  9. ↑ « financier La Capitale, sécurité financière », membres de la direction, (consulté le 18 September 2017)
  10. ↑ « Radio-Canada », Bergeron et Petitclerc primés, 23 December 2009 (consulté le 18 September 2017)
  11. ↑ « Paralympic Flame Ignited in Ottawa », .paralympic.org, 3 March 2010, (consulté le 18 September 2017)
  12. ↑ « Parasports Québec », "La flamme olympique fait escale à Québec - Allumeur de la vasque : Dean Bergeron", Jean-François Tardif, Le Soleil, 2 December 2009, (consulté le 22 September 2017)
  13. ↑ « Temple de la renommée Parasports Québec », Dean Bergeron et Yvon Rouillard seront intronisés le 15 mars prochain, 24 February 2017, (consulté le 9 October 2017)
  14. ↑ "La glace Dean Bergeron!". Le Quotidien. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018. .
  15. ↑ Zone Sports - ICI.Radio-Canada.ca (13 April 2018). "Nouvel hommage pour l'athlète paralympique Dean Bergeron". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 8 June 2018. .
  16. ↑ "Treize nouveaux "Remarquables" en 2018". www.magazineprestige.com. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
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