Maximilien Van Haaster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1992-06-19) June 19, 1992 (age 32) Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weapon | foil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hand | right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIE ranking | current ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maximilien Van Haaster (born June 19, 1992) is a male foil fencer from Canada. He won the bronze medal at the 2013 Pan American Fencing Championships in Cartagena, and later competed at the 2015 Pan American Games, in Toronto, Ontario.
Career
Van Haaster qualified to represent his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, by being ranked in the top two in the Americas. At the games, Van Haaster finished in 31st place. Van Haaster competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's individual and team events. Van Haaster has qualified to compete in the men's individual and team events at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Personal life
Van Haaster was born in Canada to a Dutch father and Chinese mother.
See also
References
- ^ "Maximilien van Haaster". Canadian Olympic Committee.
- "Fencing Athlete Profile : VAN HAASTER Maximilien – Toronto 2015 Pan American Games". results.toronto2015.org.
- "Athletes qualified for the 2016 Olympics, Rio de Janeiro (BRA)" (PDF).
- Awad, Brandi (20 May 2021). "Nine fencers en garde for Team Canada at Tokyo 2020". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- Fenton, Caela (25 April 2024). "Team Canada announces fencing team for Paris 2024". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- Nerestant, Antoni (26 April 2024). "29 Olympics, no medals? No problem. Quebec-led fencing squad hungry for history". www.cbc.ca/sports/. CBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
- "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org.
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- Fencers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic fencers for Canada
- Fencers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games medalists in fencing
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Canadian people of Dutch descent
- Canadian people of Chinese descent
- Fencers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Canadian sportsmen
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