Maxim Boilard
Personal information
Born (1978-06-26) June 26, 1978
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2002 SevilleC-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2003 GainesvilleC-4 1000 m

Maxime Boilard (sometimes listed as Maxim Boilard, born June 26, 1978) is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1990s through 2004. He was born in Quebec City, Quebec. His career highlight was a fourth-place finish in the C-1 500 m event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He also won two silver medals in the C-4 1000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in 2002 and 2003. He was a silver medalist in the C-2 500 m event at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg.[1]

Since his paddling career ended, Boilard has become a successful businessperson in Quebec, founding CANU, a company that supports corporate leadership development. In 2008 and 2012, Boilard served as a French-language analyst for Radio Canada and Reseau des Sports at the Olympic Games, covering canoe-kayak and rowing.[2] In 2008, he was selected as a member of the Governor General's Canadian Leadership Conference.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Results Day 2". Canoe.ca. Slam! Sports. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "DUTCHYSHEN, ONRAIT, O'TOOLE JOIN 2012 OLYMPIC BROADCAST TEAM". TSN.ca. TSN. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Members by Home Province/Territory - Québec". leadershipcanada.ca. The Governor General's Canadian Leadership Conference. Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2014-08-13.


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