Canada’s Philippe Dubreuil Retires After A Successful Career
Philippe Dubreuil of Canada competed for Canada at two World Swimming Championships, a Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and a Pan American Games, always representing his country well. He has recently graduated from Sherbrooke University with a Masters in Psychology and is in Quebec City working to improve team dynamics.
Back at the 2009 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Fort Myers, Florida, Philippe Debreuil handily won the 10K race in 1:51:38 after shooting out away from world championship medalists Fran Crippen of Germantown Academy (1:52:41) and Andrew Gemmell of the University of Georgia and the Delaware Swim Team (1:52:43) rounding out the top three. Philippe later said, “I still can’t believe I got the win, it’s a big thrill. With such a big field I really didn’t want to get stuck in a large pack so I focused on getting off to a very fast start. I got out to the lead and I just tried to increase it on every lap.”
After representing the sport and his country well, we see only great things in Philippe’s future.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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