Nicolas Gill

Nicolas Gill (born April 24, 1972 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian judoka who competed at four consecutive Olympic Games. He is a two-time Olympic medalist, receiving a bronze in the middleweight (86 kg) division at his inaugural Olympiad in Barcelona. He received a silver medal in the men's half-heavyweight (100 kg) division at the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics.

Nicolas Gill
Gill in 2018
Personal information
Born (1972-04-24) April 24, 1972
Montreal, Quebec
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight105 kg (231 lb) (2004)[1]
Sport
CountryCanada
SportJudo
Rank     Shichidan (7th dan[2])
ClubShidokan
Coached byHiroshi Nakamura
Now coachingAntoine Valois-Fortier
Medal record
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney -100 kg
1992 Barcelona -86 kg
World Judo Championships
1993 Hamilton -86 kg
1995 Chiba -86 kg
1999 Birmingham -100 kg
Pan American Games
1995 Mar del Plata -86 kg
1999 Winnipeg -100 kg
2003 Santo Domingo -100 kg
Commonwealth Games
2002 Manchester
Francophonie Games
2001 Jeux de la Francophonie

Gill was honored by his teammates as Canada's flag bearer in the opening ceremony at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[3] A mild controversy developed after it was revealed that Gill had made comments in favour of Quebec separatism, and had voted 'yes' in the 1995 Quebec referendum.[4][5] Gill went on the lose his opening match which eliminated him from the tournament.

In 2007, he received the prix reconnaissance from UQAM[6] as a TÉLUQ student.[1]

He has since become a coach; one of his athletes, Antoine Valois-Fortier, won a bronze medal at the 2012 London Summer Olympics.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Nicolas Gill". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  2. "Shidokan Judo Club". Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
  3. "Judoka Nicolas Gill selected to carry the Canadian flag at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens". Canadian Olympic Committee. 19 July 2004. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  4. https://www.scmp.com/article/467759/standard-bearer-separatism
  5. https://this.org/2004/07/22/olympic-games/
  6. "UQAM | Entrevues | En route vers ses 5es Jeux olympiques". Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
  7. Brydon, James (2012-07-31). "Valois-Fortier Wins Bronze in Men's Judo". CTV Olympics. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
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