{"id":183550,"date":"2021-07-07T09:57:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/?post_type=athletes&#038;p=183550"},"modified":"2024-06-24T11:54:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T15:54:49","slug":"simon-mctavish","status":"publish","type":"athletes","link":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/simon-mctavish\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon McTavish"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bien qu&rsquo;il soit n\u00e9 au Canada, Simon McTavish a repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 l&rsquo;Australie pendant sept ans (2012 \u00e0 2018) apr\u00e8s avoir d\u00e9m\u00e9nag\u00e9 dans ce pays avec sa famille en 2007. Il a port\u00e9 l\u2019uniforme vert et or jusqu&rsquo;en 2019, quand il a saisi une occasion de revenir au pays apr\u00e8s avoir fait ses \u00e9tudes universitaires. Il a ainsi pu concourir pour son pays de naissance et rev\u00eatir l\u2019uniforme rouge et blanc.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McTavish a go\u00fbt\u00e9 \u00e0 la comp\u00e9tition internationale pour la premi\u00e8re fois en 2012 \u00e0 l&rsquo;occasion de la r\u00e9gate des espoirs olympiques en Hongrie. Il a ensuite particip\u00e9 aux Championnats du monde juniors de 2014 ainsi qu&rsquo;\u00e0 trois \u00e9ditions des Championnats du monde U23, ce qui lui a notamment valu de remporter une m\u00e9daille d&rsquo;argent au K-1 1000 m en 2018. La m\u00eame ann\u00e9e, il a rafl\u00e9 deux m\u00e9dailles d&rsquo;or aux Championnats du monde universitaires de la FISU en plus de faire ses d\u00e9buts \u00e0 la Coupe du monde.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apr\u00e8s avoir remport\u00e9 les \u00e9preuves du K-1&nbsp;1000 m et du K-4&nbsp;500 m aux essais nationaux, McTavish a fait ses d\u00e9buts pour le Canada dans le cadre de la premi\u00e8re \u00e9tape de la Coupe du monde de 2019 \u00e0 Poznan, en Pologne, o\u00f9 il a fini quatri\u00e8me avec l&rsquo;\u00e9quipage du K-4&nbsp;500 m et atteint la finale B du K-1&nbsp;1000 m. Aux Championnats du monde de 2019, il a fait partie de l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe du K-4&nbsp;500 m qui a qualifi\u00e9 le Canada dans cette \u00e9preuve pour les Jeux de Tokyo 2020.&nbsp;\u00c0 ses d\u00e9buts olympiques, McTavish a pris part au K-1 1000 m ainsi qu&rsquo;au K-4 500 m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u00c0 propos de Simon<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>D\u00e9buts :<\/strong>&nbsp;A commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 pagayer \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e2ge de 15 ans, alors qu&rsquo;il a imit\u00e9 son fr\u00e8re a\u00een\u00e9 qui pratiquait aussi ce sport\u2026 A pratiqu\u00e9 plusieurs sports quand il \u00e9tait jeune, mais a pers\u00e9v\u00e9r\u00e9 en kayak parce qu&rsquo;il adorait se retrouver sur l&rsquo;eau et d\u2019exp\u00e9rimenter l&rsquo;\u00e9quilibre qu&rsquo;il y a entre la forme physique en a\u00e9robie et la force musculaire\u2026&nbsp;<strong>Autres int\u00e9r\u00eats :<\/strong>&nbsp;A fait ses \u00e9tudes \u00e0 l&rsquo;Universit\u00e9 de&nbsp;Sydney&nbsp;en 2019&nbsp;et a obtenu un baccalaur\u00e9at en gestion de projets\u2026 A obtenu un m\u00e9daillon de bronze en sauvetage sportif en&nbsp;Australie et a profit\u00e9 de cette certification pour offrir ses services comme b\u00e9n\u00e9vole \u00e0 titre de sauveteur sportif \u00e0&nbsp;Sydney&nbsp;pour redonner \u00e0 sa communaut\u00e9 au sein de cette organisation essentielle\u2026 Travaille comme repr\u00e9sentant commercial pour une entreprise qui se sp\u00e9cialise en habillement pour la voile et le kayak de vitesse\u2026 Aime tourner et monter des vid\u00e9os de ses exp\u00e9riences en kayak\u2026&nbsp;<strong>De tout et de rien :<\/strong>&nbsp;L&rsquo;athl\u00e8te qui l&rsquo;inspire le plus est un autre pagayeur originaire d&rsquo;Oakville, Adam van Koeverden\u2026&nbsp;Ses dictons favoris&nbsp;: \u00ab Si ce n&rsquo;est pas pour aller jusqu&rsquo;au bout, pourquoi prendre la peine d&rsquo;y aller&nbsp;? \u00bb&nbsp;\u2013 Joe Namath \/ \u00ab&nbsp;La vraie s\u00e9ance d&rsquo;entra\u00eenement commence quand tu veux t&rsquo;arr\u00eater. \u00bb&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apr\u00e8s avoir remport\u00e9 les \u00e9preuves du K-1 1000 m et du K-4 500 m aux essais nationaux, Simon McTavish a fait ses d\u00e9buts pour le Canada dans le cadre de la premi\u00e8re \u00e9tape de la Coupe du monde de 2019 \u00e0 Poznan, en Pologne, o\u00f9 il a fini quatri\u00e8me avec l&rsquo;\u00e9quipage du K-4 500 m et atteint la finale B du K-1 1000 m. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":227518,"template":"","tags":[622441,1104411,415985124,682165310,682164367,57868344],"hof-categories":[],"year-inducted":[],"gender":[42123],"season":[415983968],"sport":[415984560],"game":[415985140,682165315,193413370],"team":[682166682,682165738,682163189],"event":[682164522],"province":[415983158],"class_list":["post-183550","athletes","type-athletes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-canoe-kayak","tag-equipe-canada","tag-paris-2024","tag-santiago-2023","tag-simon-mctavish","tag-tokyo-2020","gender-masculin","season-ete","sport-sport-canoe-kayak-course-de-vitesse","game-paris-2024","game-santiago-2023","game-tokyo-2020","team-paris-2024-canoe-kayak-vitesse","team-santiago-2023-canoe-kayak","team-tokyo-2020-canoe-kayak-vitesse","event-k-4-500-m-hommes","province-ontario"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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