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Vincent Gagnon

Vincent Gagnon
Vincent Gagnon at 2007 US Open Racquetball Championships.jpg
Gagnon at 2007 US Open
Personal information
Nationality Canadian
Born (1981-09-05) September 5, 1981 (age 35)
St Constant, Québec
Residence Montréal, Québec
Sport
Sport Racquetball
Coached by Michel Gagnon
Achievements and titles
National finals 1st Singles 2014, 1st Doubles 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014

Vincent Gagnon (born September 5, 1981) is a Canadian racquetball player from Montréal, Québec. Gagnon is the 2014 Canadian Champion in both singles and doubles (with Samuel Murray). Previously, he won three Canadian Championships in doubles with François Viens. He and Viens also won the 2007 Pan American Championships.

Gagnon has made 18 appearances on Team Canada, making his first appearance at the 2001 Pan American Championships, when he earned a bronze medal in doubles with Francis Guillemette.

Gagnon's greatest success internationally has been winning the 2007 Pan American Championships in Santiago, Chile, where he and François Viens defeated Americans Andy Hawthorne and Jason Samora in the final.

Most recently, Gagnon was the silver medalist in Men's Doubles with Mike Green at the 2014 World Championships, reaching the final with a win over Americans Ben Croft and Tom Fuhrmann in the semi-finals before losing to Colombians Sebastian Franco and Alejandro Herrera in the final, 15-11, 15-5. Also in 2014, Gagnon was the bronze medalist at the 2014 Pan Am Championships in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, where he lost to Mexican Andree Parrilla, 15-10, 15-9.

In 2012, Gagnon was part of the Canadian men's team that got silver at the World Championships, when he also played doubles with Green.

In the 2003 Pan American Championships, Gagnon was a bronze medalist in singles, losing to American Jack Huczek in the semi-finals, resulting in a bronze medal.


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