BEKHAZI Joelle

Date of Birth: 27 Apr 1987

Age: 34

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.70/5'6''

Place of birth: POINTE-CLAIRE, QC

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : MONTREAL, QC

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Water Polo	Women CAN Canada	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #01 CAN Canada 5 AUS Australia 8	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #07 ESP Spain 14 CAN Canada 10	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #09 CAN Canada 21 RSA South Africa 1	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #19 NED Netherlands 16 CAN Canada 12	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Quarterfinal #24 CAN Canada 5 USA United States 16	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Classification 5th-8th #26 AUS Australia 14 CAN Canada 12	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Classification 7th-8th #29 CHN China 7 CAN Canada 16	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2009	Rome, ITA
4	Women	2017	Budapest, HUN
6	Women	2007	Melbourne, VIC, AUS
8	Women	2013	Barcelona, ESP
8	Women	2011	Shanghai, CHN
9	Women	2019	Gwangju, KOR
11	Women	2015	Kazan, RUS

World League - Super Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2017	Shanghai, CHN
3	Women	2018	Kunshan, CHN
4	Women	2021	Athens, GRE
7	Women	2019	Budapest, HUN

Pan American Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2019	Lima, PER

Mouth, Jo (olympic.ca, 26 Aug 2019; Water Polo Canada, 27 Feb 2007)

Reading, knitting, watching television. (olympic.ca, 26 Aug 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Biology - University of Southern California , Los Angeles, CA, USA

Husband Etienne Lalonde Turbide

Languages spoken:

English, French

David Paradelo [national], CAN

Position style:

Driver (Water Polo Canada, 28 Feb 2011)

Right (Water Polo Canada, 28 Feb 2011)

Sporting relatives:

Her husband Etienne Lalonde Turbide was a Canadian fencer who competed at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (Facebook profile, 27 Sep 2020; cbc.ca, 31 Mar 2020; lapresse.ca, 08 Dec 2019)

2006 for Canada (Water Polo Canada, 28 Feb 2011)

She suffered from a suspected broken thumb during the 2011 Canada Cup tournament. (citytv.com, 21 Dec 2011)

She began playing water polo at age 10 on West Island, QC, Canada. (olympic.ca, 26 Aug 2019; thelinknewspaper.ca, 07 Feb 2017)

She was forced to play water polo at the beginning and fell in love with the sport later. "Water polo was, I guess, my natural feel." (thelinknewspaper.ca, 07 Feb 2017)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sportcom.qc.ca, 27 Jan 2020)

Reaching the final of the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, which meant the Canadian team qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sportcom.qc.ca, 27 Jan 2020; ici.radio-canada.ca, 26 Aug 2019)

Canadian water polo player Cora Campbell. (usctrojans.com, 08 Jul 2011)

Philosophy:

"Every time you stay out later, every time you sleep in, every time you miss a workout, every time you don't give 100%, you make it that much easier for your opponent to beat you." (olympic.ca, 26 Aug 2019)

She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] at the 2013 Americas World Championship Qualification Tournament in Calgary, AB, Canada. (olympic.ca, 26 Aug 2019)

She was named to the All-Star team at the 2010 World Cup in New Zealand. (olympic.ca, 26 Aug 2019)

General Interest

General
DELAYING RETIREMENT
She planned to retire after the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, but decided to stay in the sport for one more year after the Games were postponed to 2021. "It's another year that I have to keep my body healthy and keep myself at the top of my game. I am getting a little bit older. My husband is very supportive. I was the one who missed the last shot [that would qualified them for the 2012 Olympic Games in London]. It's still been haunting me." (cbc.ca, 31 Mar 2020)

OTHER STUDIES
She has a master's degree in physiology from McGill University in Montreal, QC, Canada. (Twitter profile, 20 Feb 2018)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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