{"id":14444,"date":"2013-12-17T11:00:16","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/team-canada\/alex-gough-2\/"},"modified":"2021-10-28T16:53:01","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T20:53:01","slug":"alex-gough","status":"publish","type":"athletes","link":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/alex-gough\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Gough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Alex Gough est pass\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019histoire \u00e0 PyeongChang&nbsp;2018 en remportant la m\u00e9daille de bronze \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9preuve simple, la premi\u00e8re m\u00e9daille olympique du Canada en luge. Deux jours plus tard, elle s\u2019est tenue de nouveau sur le podium en obtenant la m\u00e9daille d\u2019argent \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9preuve de relais par \u00e9quipes aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de <a href=\"http:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/samuel-edney\/\">Sam Edney<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/tristan-walker\/\">Tristan Walker<\/a> et <a href=\"http:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/justin-snith\/\">Justin Snith<\/a>. Alex est devenue double m\u00e9daill\u00e9e olympique quatre ans apr\u00e8s avoir v\u00e9cu une quatri\u00e8me place accablante \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9preuve simple f\u00e9minine et \u00e0 celle de relais par \u00e9quipes \u00e0 Sotchi&nbsp;2014.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>En f\u00e9vrier 2011, elle est devenue la premi\u00e8re lugeuse canadienne de l\u2019histoire \u00e0 remporter l\u2019or \u00e0 une \u00e9preuve de la Coupe du monde.&nbsp;<span style=\"font-weight:400\">Cela a mis fin \u00e0 une s\u00e9rie de 105 victoires des Allemandes en Coupe du monde f\u00e9minine, une domination de plus de 13&nbsp;ans. Elle a ensuite remport\u00e9 la toute premi\u00e8re m\u00e9daille du Canada aux Championnats du monde de luge lorsqu\u2019elle s\u2019est empar\u00e9e du bronze en 2011. Alex avait souhait\u00e9 effectuer une perc\u00e9e \u00e0 Vancouver&nbsp;2010. L\u2019\u00e9quipe canadienne avait eu beaucoup de temps d\u2019entra\u00eenement sur la piste du Centre des sports de glisse de Whistler or, \u00e0 la suite de la mort tragique du G\u00e9orgien Nodar Kumaritashvili, les positions de d\u00e9part ont \u00e9t\u00e9 abaiss\u00e9es et elle n\u2019a pas eu la possibilit\u00e9 de s\u2019entra\u00eener sur la piste modifi\u00e9e. Depuis, Alex a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u2019une constance remarquable. Elle a termin\u00e9 chacune des quatre saisons suivantes parmi les cinq meilleures au classement de la Coupe du monde, ce qui inclut une 2<\/span><sup>e<\/sup>&nbsp;place au classement lors de la saison&nbsp;2013-2014 gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 six podiums en neuf courses. S\u2019ajoute \u00e0 cela une autre m\u00e9daille de bronze aux Championnats du monde de 2013 \u00e0 Whistler qui a rachet\u00e9 son \u00e9chec olympique sur la m\u00eame piste.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Forte au d\u00e9part, Alex est un \u00e9l\u00e9ment essentiel de l\u2019\u00e9quipe du relais. Apr\u00e8s une m\u00e9daille de bronze aux Championnats du monde de 2012, le quatuor a remport\u00e9 l\u2019argent en 2013. L\u2019\u00e9quipe a aussi remport\u00e9 des m\u00e9dailles de bronze lors des saisons&nbsp;2015 et 2016. Alex s\u2019est remise \u00e0 la comp\u00e9tition \u00e0 temps plein lors de la saison&nbsp;2016-2017 apr\u00e8s deux saisons o\u00f9 elle a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 moins de courses pour se concentrer sur son baccalaur\u00e9at en g\u00e9nie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c0 propos d&rsquo;Alex<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>D\u00e9buts&nbsp;: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Enfant, elle a essay\u00e9 plusieurs sports et c\u2019est la luge qu\u2019elle a enfin adopt\u00e9e. Apr\u00e8s que Sam Edney, un ami de la famille, a fait ses d\u00e9buts en luge, la m\u00e8re d\u2019Alex l\u2019a inscrite \u00e0 un camp de luge au Parc olympique Canada. Elle avait 13&nbsp;ans. Elle aimait la comp\u00e9tition, et \u00e0 18&nbsp;ans, elle se qualifiait inesp\u00e9r\u00e9ment dans l\u2019\u00c9quipe olympique canadienne des Jeux de 2006.&nbsp;<\/span><b>Au-del\u00e0 de la luge&nbsp;:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight:400\">Alex aime jouer de la guitare, lire, regarder la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision et tricoter. Au cours de l\u2019entre-saison, elle aime skier, faire du v\u00e9lo de montagne et passer du temps au lac. Elle \u00e9tudie en g\u00e9nie civil \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Calgary. Elle est associ\u00e9e au mouvement Rapides et Radieuses qui encourage les jeunes filles \u00e0 rester impliqu\u00e9es dans le sport. Elle a un tatouage des anneaux olympiques \u00e0 l\u2019arri\u00e8re de sa cheville droite. Elle est dipl\u00f4m\u00e9e de la National Sport School de Calgary. Elle apporte toujours en voyage un Stitch en peluche (personnage du film <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Lilo et Stitch<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> de Disney). Citation favorite&nbsp;: \u00ab&nbsp;Le courage ne rugit pas toujours; quelquefois, c\u2019est une petite voix \u00e0 la fin de la journ\u00e9e qui nous dit&nbsp;: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight:400\">J\u2019essayerai \u00e0 nouveau demain<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u2009.&nbsp;\u00bb \u2013 Mary Anne Radmacher.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Gough est la v\u00e9t\u00e9rane d\u2019une \u00e9quipe canadienne de luge qui a franchi de grandes \u00e9tapes pour se classer parmi les meilleures au monde. \u00c0 Sotchi\u00a02014, l\u2019\u00e9quipe a \u00e9t\u00e9 plus pr\u00e8s du podium que jamais avec la 4e\u00a0position d\u2019Alex et de ses co\u00e9quipiers Sam Edney, Tristan Walker et Justin Snith \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9preuve du relais. Alex a aussi termin\u00e9 au 4e\u00a0rang de l\u2019\u00e9preuve en simple, femmes, un record canadien. En f\u00e9vrier 2011, elle est devenue la premi\u00e8re lugeuse canadienne de l\u2019histoire \u00e0 remporter l\u2019or \u00e0 une \u00e9preuve de la Coupe du monde.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":91946,"template":"","tags":[29752285,2443,138294879,415984546,54771154,60771915,95884267,13664898],"hof-categories":[],"year-inducted":[],"gender":[23319],"season":[415983969],"sport":[44481],"game":[415985119,191933058,8561476,7906021],"team":[415985450,209268933,415983765,415983766],"event":[181823523],"province":[415983152],"class_list":["post-14444","athletes","type-athletes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-alex-gough","tag-canada","tag-justin-snith","tag-luge","tag-pyeongchang-2018","tag-sam-edney","tag-samuel-edney","tag-tristan-walker","gender-feminin","season-hiver","sport-luge","game-2018-pyeongchang","game-2014-sotchi","game-2006-turin","game-2010-vancouver","team-pyeongchang-2018-luge","team-sotchi-2014-luge","team-turin-2006-luge","team-vancouver-2010-luge","event-simple-femmes","province-alberta"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alex Gough - \u00c9quipe Canada | Site officiel de l&#039;\u00e9quipe olympique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/alex-gough\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alex Gough - \u00c9quipe Canada | Site officiel de l&#039;\u00e9quipe olympique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alex Gough est la v\u00e9t\u00e9rane d\u2019une \u00e9quipe canadienne de luge qui a franchi de grandes \u00e9tapes pour se classer parmi les meilleures au monde. \u00c0 Sotchi\u00a02014, l\u2019\u00e9quipe a \u00e9t\u00e9 plus pr\u00e8s du podium que jamais avec la 4e\u00a0position d\u2019Alex et de ses co\u00e9quipiers Sam Edney, Tristan Walker et Justin Snith \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9preuve du relais. 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