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Three student athletes awarded support for balancing sports and academics

February 18, 2021

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