The Fondation de l’athlète d’excellence du Québec (FAEQ) recently announced its annual scholarships and bursaries to help students balance their sports and studies, and 3 HEC Montréal students are among the recipients.
Louis Krieber-Gagnon (certificat en finance d’entreprises), Philippe Gagné (future Bachelor’s in Business Administration student, in Fall 2021) and Pierre-Luc Poulin (certificat en finance d’entreprises) all received $2,000 awards to recognize and encourage their academic and athletic excellence over the past year.
All in all, the FAEQ presented 47 individual awards this year, for $2,000 or $4,000: 25 bursaries and 22 scholarships.
Our 3 winners
Louis Krieber-Gagnon
Photo credit:Judo Québec
- Age: 24
- Sport: judo (under 90 kg)
- Gold medal at the Elite 8 National Championships in 2020
- Gold medal at the Quebec and Ontario Opens in 2019
Philippe Gagné
Photo credit:Team Canada
- Age: 23
- Sport: diving
- Gold medal in the 3-metre event at the Montréal part of the 2020 World Series
- Bronze medal in the 3-metre event and silver medal in the 3-metre synchro event, with François Imbeau-Dulac, at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, in 2019
Pierre-Luc Poulin
- Age: 25
- Sport: canoe kayak sprint
- Helped Canada to qualify in the K4 500 m event for the Tokyo Olympic Games
- 4th in the K4 500 m event at the World Cup in Poznan, Poland, in 2019
