Vincent Gagnon

Vincent Gagnon
Gagnon at 2007 US Open
Personal information
Nationality Canadian
Born (1981-09-05) September 5, 1981
Saint-Constant, Quebec
Residence Montreal, Quebec
Sport
Sport Racquetball
Coached by Michel Gagnon
Achievements and titles
National finals 1st Singles 2014, 1st Doubles 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014
Medal record
Men's racquetball
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
2015 Pan Am Games Doubles
2015 Pan Am Games Team event
2011 Pan Am Games Singles
World Championships
2014 Burlington Doubles
2012 Santo Domingo Team
2010 Seoul Singles
2008 Kingscourt Singles
Pan American Championships
2007 Santiago Doubles
2001 San Pedro Sula Doubles
2008 San Jose Singles
2011 Managua Doubles
2012 Temuco Singles
2014 Santa Cruz Singles
World Games
2009 World Games Singles

Vincent Gagnon (born September 5, 1981) is a Canadian racquetball player from Montreal, Quebec. Gagnon is the 2014 Canadian Champion in both singles and doubles (with Samuel Murray).[1] Previously, he won three Canadian Championships in doubles with François Viens. He and Viens also won the 2007 Pan American Championships.

International career

Gagnon has made 18 appearances on Team Canada,[2] making his first appearance at the 2001 Pan American Championships, when he earned a bronze medal in doubles with Francis Guillemette.[3]

Gagnon's greatest success internationally has been winning the 2007 Pan American Championships in Santiago, Chile, where he and François Viens defeated Americans Andy Hawthorne and Jason Samora in the final.[4]

Most recently, Gagnon was the silver medalist in Men's Doubles with Mike Green at the 2014 World Championships, reaching the final with a win over Americans Ben Croft and Tom Fuhrmann in the semi-finals before losing to Colombians Sebastian Franco and Alejandro Herrera in the final, 15-11, 15-5.[5] Also in 2014, Gagnon was the bronze medalist at the 2014 Pan Am Championships in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, where he lost to Mexican Andree Parrilla, 15-10, 15-9.[6]

In 2012, Gagnon was part of the Canadian men's team that got silver at the World Championships, when he also played doubles with Green.[7]

In the 2003 Pan American Championships, Gagnon was a bronze medalist in singles, losing to American Jack Huczek in the semi-finals, resulting in a bronze medal.[8]

Gagnon was a bronze medalist at the 2010 World Championships,[9] again losing to Huczek in the semi-finals.[10]

Gagnon won bronze at the 2009 World Games, as he defeated Mexican Alvaro Beltran, in the bronze medal match, 15-11, 12-15, 11-7.[11] In that tournament, Gagnon lost to Huczek in the semi-finals, 3-15, 15-8, 11-7, which put him in the bronze medal match.

Gagnon also earned bronze at the 2011 Pan Am Games by reaching the semi-finals, where he lost to Mexican Gilberto Meija,[12] and bronze at the 2012 Pan American Championships,[13] as lost to Fernando Rios of Ecuador in the semi-finals.

Canadian career

Gagnon won the 2014 Canadian Championships in both singles and doubles. He defeated Tim Landeryou in the singles final, 15-5, 13-15, 11-5,[14] and with Samuel Murray beat Landeryou and Pedro Casto in the doubles final, 15-12, 15-2.[15] Gagnon is the first Quebec born player to win the Canadian men's singles championship.

The singles win came after Gagnon had been runner up at the 2012 and 2013 Canadian National Championships, losing to Mike Green both times.[16][17]

Gagnon won three previous Canadian Championships in doubles all with partner François Viens. They won in 2008, beating Green and Brian Istace in the final,[18] and 2009, when they defeated Green and Eric Desrochers in the final.[19] In 2012, Gagnon and Viens defeated Desrochers and Castro in the final,[20] 15-8, 8-15, 11-9.

Gagnon was the #1 men's player in Canada from June 22, 2010[21] to February 23, 2011,[22] although he hadn't won a national championship in singles. But Gagnon did win the 2010 National Team Selection Event.[23]

Personal

Gagnon is the son of Michel Gagnon, who has been one of the Canadian National Team coaches.

He has a master's degree in mathematics from Université de Montréal.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=59608
  2. ↑ "Racquetball Canada Team History". Racquetball Canada. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Pan American Championships - Men's Doubles Draw" (PDF). Racquetball Canada. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  4. ↑ Racquetball Canada. "Press Release". SIRC. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  5. ↑ http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=60123&search=&show=&month=6&year=2014&search_where=
  6. ↑ https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6c9sdoswook98pz/AABpUpzD0VJVd_ZvDgPKKdPFa/1-OPEN/Llave-Men%20Singles-2.pdf
  7. ↑ Racquetball Canada. "Press Release". SIRC. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  8. ↑ Racquetball Canada. "Website document". Racquetball Canada. Archived from the original on 28 August 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  9. ↑ Racquetball Canada. "Press Release". SIRC. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  10. ↑ Racquetball Canada. "Press Release". SIRC. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  11. ↑ Éric Gaudette-Brodeur, Sportcom. "Press Release". SIRC. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  12. ↑ Racquetball Canada. "Press Release". SIRC. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  13. ↑ Racquetball Canada. "Press Release". SIRC. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  14. ↑ http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=59632
  15. ↑ http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=59547
  16. ↑ Racquetball Canada. "Press Release". SIRC. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  17. ↑ Racquetball Canada. "Press Release". SIRC. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  18. ↑ Racquetball Canada. "Draw". R2 Sports. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  19. ↑ Racquetball Canada. "Draw". R2 Sports. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  20. ↑ Racquetball Canada. "Press Release". SIRC. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  21. ↑ Racquetball Canada. "Press Release". SIRC. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  22. ↑ Racquetball Canada (March 2011). "Newsletter" (PDF). Racquetball Canada. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  23. ↑ Racquetball Canada (November 2010). "Press Release". Racquetball Canada. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
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