TURBIDE Nicolas Guy

Date of Birth: 12 Jan 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Sport Class: S13

Place of birth: QUEBEC, QC

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : QUEBEC, QC

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 50m Freestyle - S13	8
	Men's 100m Backstroke - S13	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Backstroke - S13 Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Backstroke - S13 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 50m Freestyle - S13 Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 50m Freestyle - S13 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
3	100m Backstroke - S13	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	59.55
8	50m Freestyle - S13	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	25.52
World Championships
2	100m Backstroke - S13	2019	London, GBR	59.70
5	200m Individual Medley - SM13	2019	London, GBR	2:14.86
5	100m Backstroke - S13	2015	Glasgow, GBR	1:02.31
6	100m Backstroke - S13	2013	Montreal, QC, CAN	1:05.94
7	50m Freestyle - S13	2019	London, GBR	24.97
7	400m Freestyle - S13	2013	Montreal, QC, CAN	4:36.42
7	100m Butterfly - S13	2013	Montreal, QC, CAN	1:05.37
9	100m Butterfly - S13	2019	London, GBR	1:01.72
9	100m Butterfly - S13	2015	Glasgow, GBR	1:03.67
10	400m Freestyle - S13	2015	Glasgow, GBR	4:31.70
12	200m Individual Medley - SM13	2015	Glasgow, GBR	2:23.25
13	50m Freestyle - S13	2015	Glasgow, GBR	26.83
15	100m Freestyle - S13	2015	Glasgow, GBR	57.52

Playing guitar, golf, listening to music. (swimming.ca, 06 Jul 2019; Facebook page, 10 Sep 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Remote CEGEP, Canada

Languages spoken:

English, French

Club de Natation Region de Quebec [CNQ] [Canada]

Marc-Andre Pelletier [club], CAN

Sporting relatives:

His father Danny was a professional golfer. (paralympic.ca, 01 Sep 2016)

He sustained a left shoulder injury in early 2018. (swimming.ca, 31 Jul 2018)

He began swimming at age six, and took up the sport competitively at age 11. (paralympic.ca, 2012; forcesavenir.qc.ca, 2012)

He first pursued competitive swimming through his school, having previously played golf with his father. "When I was around five years old, I really wanted to be involved with golf like my parents. But I started swimming pretty much as a safety measure, and I completely hated it. I think that with my impairment where I couldn't see the bottom of the pool, the lake or the ocean, I was really afraid of what I couldn't see at the time. Around nine or 10, I got reintroduced to the sport. As a complement for golf, I started competitive swimming. That's when I realised I was more interested in beating the person next to me than I was afraid of the pool itself." (tokyo2020.org, 22 Jul 2020; Facebook page, 08 Apr 2019; forcesavenir.qc.ca, 2012)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Outside of sport he would like to pursue a career in pharmacy, like his mother who is a pharmacist. (paralympic.ca, Sep 2016; Facebook page, 08 Apr 2019; swimmingworldmagazine.com, 20 Dec 2018)

Winning four medals at the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships in Cairns, QLD, Australia. (lesoleil.com, 12 Jan 2019)

Coach Claude Lamy. (paralympic.ca, Sep 2016)

He was named Male Para Swimmer of the Year by Swimming Canada in 2016, 2018 and co-winner in 2019. (swimming.ca, 15 Dec 2019, 30 Sep 2016; swimmingworldmagazine.com, 20 Dec 2018)

General Interest

Classification
S13, SB13, SM13 (IPC, 15 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (swimming.ca, 15 Dec 2019; forcesavenir.qc.ca, 2012)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (forcesavenir.qc.ca, 2012)

Impairment Details
He was born with oculocutaneous albinism, a condition resulting in visual impairment and the absence of pigment in the skin. "I'm not blind, but my eyes are like a camera that does not have a zoom. It's a long time before I can focus on something, it's hard for me to recognise someone by his features and if I read, I have to be very close to my book or screen." (Facebook page, 08 Apr 2019; lesoleil.com, 11 Jan 2019; forcesavenir.qc.ca, 2012)

General
OLYMPIC MEDAL MOMENT
Due to his impairment, he says he had to work out an alternate way of knowing if he had made the podium at the end of the S13 100m backstroke final at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, in which he won bronze. "Just touching the wall with my vision impairment, I can't see the board, I didn't know my time, I didn't know my position, I didn't know how it went at all. So I had to find a solution. Swimming in Rio, there were a couple of lights by the starting blocks and when I touched the wall I realised that I could probably figure out if I managed to get on the podium just with the lights. And at that moment, all the pressure that I decided to put on myself just collapsed all at once. And I was so overwhelmed with joy and emotion. Just the satisfaction, and having my family in the stands as well was just amazing. All of those combined made for an amazing experience." (tokyo2020.org, 22 Jul 2020)

INJURY LEADS TO IMPROVEMENT
He says the shoulder injury he sustained in 2018 forced him to adapt his training and swimming technique, which has ultimately made him a better swimmer. "I didn't really take care of myself before [the injury]. I should have listened to my body a little better. But sometimes we can take a negative experience and turn it into a positive one. In a way, I think that I have become a better backstroke swimmer since I began swimming again after the injury. I'm swimming in a way that would never have happened had I not been injured. It's given me a different perspective on my style and what I do in the water." (swimming.ca, 31 Jul 2018)

FURTHER EDUCATION
He has studied for a degree in financial planning at Laval University in Quebec City, QC, Canada. (newswire.ca, 24 Feb 2021; Instagram profile, 29 Jul 2020)

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Legend

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

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