Samuel GIGUERE

Canada

Bobsleigh

Date of Birth: 11 Jul 1985

Age: 36

Gender: Male

Place of birth: SHERBROOKE, QC

Birth Country:

Canada

Residence: SHERBROOKE, QC

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Bobsleigh	4-man CAN Canada	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 1	Finished
After Heat 1	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 3	Finished
After Heat 3	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 5	Finished
After Heat 5	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 6	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Heat 1	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Heat 3	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Heat 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
11	4-man	2016	Innsbruck, AUT	3:25.81
17	4-man	2013	St. Moritz, SUI	4:22.58

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	2-man	4-man
2021/22	1 x 14th	1 x 8th, 1 x 9th, 1 x 11th
2019/20	1 x 3rd

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
8	4-man	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:49.90
9	4-man	2021/22	St. Moritz, SUI	2:10.00
11	4-man	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	1:49.28
13	4-man	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:42.34
13	4-man	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:48.81
14	2-man	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:44.76
24	4-man	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	51.61

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Graduated in 2008 from the Universite de Sherbrooke (QC, CAN), majoring in accounting.

Family:

Wife, Roselyne Thibault. Two daughters.

Languages spoken:

French, English

Coach:

National: Todd Hays (USA)

Position style:

Crew

Other sports:

American football: Played professionally in Canada and the USA from 2008 to 2018, in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and National Football League (NFL) for the Indianapolis Colts, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Montreal Alouettes, and Edmonton Eskimos.

Athletics: Member of the Sherbrooke University team from 2005 to 2007, competing in the 60m, relays, and shot put.

Debut:

2013 World Cup in Sochi (Four-man - 7th)

Injuries:

2019: Tore his Achilles tendon, missing the first half of the 2019/20 season.

National team:

2012

Start:

Began the sport at a bobsleigh camp in Calgary, AB in 2012. (olympic.ca, 21 Nov 2013)

Milestones

Has three top-20 finishes in two World Championships appearances (2013, 2016), his best being seventh in 2016 in the team competition, and 11th in four-man (with Chris Spring, Lascelles Brown, Joshua Kirkpatrick).

Has two World Cup podium finishes (thirds) in four-man in 2016 (Lake Placid) and 2020 (Sigulda).

Social Media

https://twitter.com/samgiguere/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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