" A Canadian Role Model & Inspiration to many athletes .... Gaetan Boucher "
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fash4gBBR9s&feature=related
Stanley Jordan - The Sound Of Silence
Gaetan Boucher is the inspiration to many Canadian speed skaters
Gaetan was the first Canadian dope free athlete to win Olympic Gold in an era rife with doping abuse !!!! ( testing was running a loosing race behind masking agents )
The best athlete did not always win
Gaetan won a Silver medal in Lillehammer behind Eric Heiden
2 gold medals in the 1500 and 1000 meters in Sarajevo
More important ... Clara Hughes claims that his 5th place finish in the 1000 in Calgary ....
Set her on to want to be the best she could be
Gaetan was injured ( ankle )
His willingness to skate with the love and passion of his sport despite his handicap,
Was all the inspiration Clara Hughes and a host of others ( Denny Morrison ) needed to try speedskating
The Olympics are not about winning medals
They are about competing to the best of your ability and hopefully inspiring !
Gaetan has done more than his share of that.
Guy
Montreal
" A Canadian Role Model & Inspiration to many athletes .... Gaetan Boucher "
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fash4gBBR9s&feature=related
Stanley Jordan - The Sound Of Silence
Gaetan Boucher is the inspiration to many Canadian speed skaters
Gaetan was the first Canadian dope free athlete to win Olympic Gold in an era rife with doping abuse !!!! ( testing was running a loosing race behind masking agents )
The best athlete did not always win
Gaetan won a Silver medal in Lillehammer behind Eric Heiden
2 gold medals in the 1500 and 1000 meters in Sarajevo
More important ... Clara Hughes claims that his 5th place finish in the 1000 in Calgary ....
Set her on to want to be the best she could be
Gaetan was injured ( ankle )
His willingness to skate with the love and passion of his sport despite his handicap,
Was all the inspiration Clara Hughes and a host of others ( Denny Morrison ) needed to try speedskating
The Olympics are not about winning medals
They are about competing to the best of your ability and hopefully inspiring !
Gaetan has done more than his share of that.
Guy
Montreal