Ariane Fortin
 Fortin at the 2016 Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Canada |
| Born |
November 20, 1984 (age 32) Quebec, Canada |
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Boxing |
| Weight class | Middleweight |
| Club | Underdog Boxing Club[1] |
| Coached by |
Daniel Trepanier (national) Mike Moffa (personal)[1] |
Medal record
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Ariane Fortin (born November 20, 1984) is a Canadian southpaw amateur boxer[2] who won a silver medal in the middleweight category at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[3] In order to compete at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, as well as the World Championship in 2014, Ariane ran a successful crowdfunding campaign on MAKEACHAMP.[4]
Fortin took up boxing in 2004, and after failing to qualify to the 2012 Summer Olympics decided to move to another country with less rivalry in boxing. She chose Lebanon and started learning Arabic, but reconsidered after intervention from the International Amateur Boxing Association. Her attempts to qualify for the 2012 Olympics were presented in the 2013 Canadian documentary Last Women Standing.[1][5]
In July 2016, she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team.[6] At the Olympics she was eliminated in the first bout.
References
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- 1 2 3 Ariane Fortin. nbcolympics.com
- ↑ "Ariane Fortin fronts Canada's Commonwealth Games boxing team". The Canadian Press. June 2, 2014.
- ↑ "Ariane Fortin". Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ↑ Ariane Fortin. makeachamp.com
- ↑ Last Woman Standing (2013). IMDb
- ↑ Friche do Valle, Diana (14 July 2016). "Three Canadian boxers nominated for Rio 2016". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 14 July 2016.