Alex Cai a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 une premi\u00e8re comp\u00e9tition internationale pour le Canada en 2016 dans le cadre des Championnats panam\u00e9ricains cadets (U17) o\u00f9 il a termin\u00e9 parmi les 10 premiers rangs. En 2017, il a remport\u00e9 l\u2019\u00e9preuve senior masculine de fleuret des Championnats canadiens et il a particip\u00e9 aux Championnats panam\u00e9ricains cadets et juniors, acc\u00e9dant aux huiti\u00e8mes de finale et aux seizi\u00e8mes de finale, respectivement, dans le cadre de ces \u00e9v\u00e9nements. Il a aussi particip\u00e9 \u00e0 ses premiers Championnats du monde de la FIE chez les cadets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
En 2018, Cai a am\u00e9lior\u00e9 son rang aux Championnats panam\u00e9ricains juniors, atteignant les huiti\u00e8mes de finale. Il a aussi disput\u00e9 sa premi\u00e8re \u00e9tape du Grand Prix, \u00e0 Anaheim en Californie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cai a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 au sein de l\u2019\u00e9quipe nationale senior en 2019 et a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 la conqu\u00eate de la m\u00e9daille d\u2019argent de la comp\u00e9tition par \u00e9quipes aux Championnats panam\u00e9ricains. Plus tard au cours de la m\u00eame ann\u00e9e, il a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 ses premiers Championnats du monde senior de la FIE o\u00f9 il a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 la performance canadienne qui a obtenu le 16e<\/sup> rang de l\u2019\u00e9preuve de fleuret par \u00e9quipes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n En pr\u00e9paration pour la saison 2019-2020, Cai a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 un \u00e9v\u00e9nement satellite en Espagne et il a pris le 35e rang, son meilleur r\u00e9sultat \u00e0 ce jour dans les rangs senior. \u00c0 sa premi\u00e8re comp\u00e9tition de 2021, il a atteint le 32e de finale pour la premi\u00e8re fois \u00e0 une \u00e9tape du Grand Prix. Il a fait ses d\u00e9buts olympiques \u00e0 Tokyo 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n D\u00e9buts :<\/strong> Il a d\u00e9marr\u00e9 sa pratique de l\u2019escrime \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de neuf ans\u2026 Son entra\u00eeneur du Toronto Fencing Club, Peter Ho, a \u00e9t\u00e9 une de ses plus grandes influences, partageant quelques perles de sagesse et son enthousiasme pour le sport\u2026 Autres int\u00e9r\u00eats :<\/strong> Il fr\u00e9quente l\u2019Universit\u00e9 McGill o\u00f9 il tente de d\u00e9crocher un baccalaur\u00e9at \u00e8s sciences en biologie cellulaire et en anatomie\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Alex Cai a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 au sein de l\u2019\u00e9quipe nationale senior en 2019 et a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 la conqu\u00eate de la m\u00e9daille d\u2019argent de la comp\u00e9tition par \u00e9quipes aux Championnats panam\u00e9ricains. 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