Results - 2018 ICF JUNIOR & U23 CANOE SLALOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Biography

Yannick LAVIOLETTE

HOBBIES:		biking
FACEBOOK:		https://www.facebook.com/yannick.laviolette
TWITTER:		https://twitter.com/y_laviolette
INSTAGRAM:		YANNICK_C1_CAN
PLACE OF RESIDENCE:		St-Louis-de-Gonzague, Québec, Canada
OCCUPATION:		Student
LANGUAGES:		French, English
WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?:		I began canoe at age of 11 at the Centre d'Excellence d'Eau Vive de Valleyfield, Québec
REASON FOR TAKING UP THE SPORT:		I tried kayak with school in grade 5 & 6 and I just fall in love with the sport. After the second time I just took a summer camp and four years after I start competing for fun and never thought to end up at world championship five years after.
MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN CAREER:		Louis-Philippe Légaré
TRAINING PARTNER(S):		Florence Maheu & Maxime Leboeuf
SPORTING PHILOSOPHY/ MOTTO:		work harder lazy ass
FAVOURITE PADDLING COURSE:		Penrith
FAVOURITE FOOD:		All mexican food
FAVOURITE MUSIC:		kid Cudi
CLUB:		Centre d'Excellence d'Eau Vive de Valeyfield
NAME OF COACH:		Louis-Philippe Légaré
NATIONALITY OF YOUR COACH:		Canadian
SINCE WHEN HAVE YOU BEEN COACHED BY HIM/ HER?:		2006
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT YEAR:		2015
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COUNTRY:		UK
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT COMPETITION:		World Championships
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT LOCATION:		London - Lee Valley
MEMORABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT:		My third position at Canadian championships 2015