{"id":249085,"date":"2024-07-10T14:00:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T18:00:27","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-08-28T14:24:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T18:24:31","slug":"jeffrey-whaley","status":"publish","type":"athletes","link":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/jeffrey-whaley\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffrey Whaley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeffrey Whaley s\u2019appr\u00eate \u00e0 devenir le premier athl\u00e8te olympique de l\u2019histoire canadienne en BMX freestyle, lui qui participera \u00e0 ses premiers Jeux \u00e0 Paris 2024. La 12<sup>e<\/sup>&nbsp;place qu\u2019il a enregistr\u00e9e dans l\u2019\u00e9preuve masculine de freestyle park aux Championnats du monde de l\u2019UCI 2023 a fini par valoir une place olympique au Canada. Pour Whaley, c\u2019\u00e9tait l\u00e0 une remarquable am\u00e9lioration par rapport \u00e0 la 50<sup>e<\/sup>&nbsp;place qu\u2019il avait r\u00e9colt\u00e9e \u00e0 ses premiers Championnats du monde en 2022.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whaley avait acc\u00e9d\u00e9 aux rangs professionnels en 2016, mais il a laiss\u00e9 la comp\u00e9tition de c\u00f4t\u00e9 afin de faire carri\u00e8re comme artiste avec le Cirque du Soleil. Il a rejoint les rangs de l\u2019\u00e9quipe nationale canadienne de BMX freestyle en 2020. Il a aussi fait partie de l\u2019\u00e9quipe des commentateurs du r\u00e9seau CBC pour les Jeux de Tokyo 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whaley s\u2019est joint au circuit de la Coupe du monde de BMX freestyle de l\u2019UCI en 2022. Il a subi une d\u00e9chirure au LCP du genou gauche cette ann\u00e9e-l\u00e0, ce qui l\u2019a forc\u00e9 \u00e0 rester \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cart de la comp\u00e9tition. Il est revenu en Coupe du monde en 2023 et il a termin\u00e9 parmi les 30 meilleurs \u00e0 Dariya en Arabie saoudite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u00c0 propos de Jeffrey<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>D\u00e9buts :<\/strong>&nbsp;A grandi en faisant du skateboard, mais ensuite, tous ses amis se sont mis \u00e0 faire du BMX quand il avait 15 ans, ce qui fait qu\u2019il a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de faire la m\u00eame chose et il ne s\u2019est jamais arr\u00eat\u00e9 depuis\u2026 Voulait repr\u00e9senter le Canada depuis l\u2019annonce \u00e0 l\u2019effet que le&nbsp;BMX&nbsp;freestyle&nbsp;allait devenir un sport olympique aux Jeux de&nbsp;Tokyo 2020\u2026&nbsp;<strong>Autres int\u00e9r\u00eats :<\/strong>&nbsp;Propri\u00e9taire d\u2019une entreprise de spectacles de BMX qui fait des tourn\u00e9es et pr\u00e9sente ce sport partout dans le monde\u2026 Adore voyager et s\u2019entra\u00eener en gymnase\u2026&nbsp;<strong>De tout et de rien :<\/strong>&nbsp;Devise favorite&nbsp;: \u00ab&nbsp;SOYEZ HEUREUX \u00bb\u2026&nbsp;Une des personnes qui l\u2019inspirait le plus&nbsp;dans le monde du sport quand il \u00e9tait plus jeune \u00e9tait le coureur canadien&nbsp;Drew Bezanson\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeffrey Whaley s\u2019appr\u00eate \u00e0 devenir le premier athl\u00e8te olympique de l\u2019histoire canadienne en BMX freestyle, lui qui participera \u00e0 ses&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":254888,"template":"","tags":[41002,682166877,1104411,682166878,415985124],"hof-categories":[],"year-inducted":[],"gender":[42123],"season":[415983968],"sport":[87705088],"game":[415985140],"team":[682166683],"event":[682164433],"province":[415983157],"class_list":["post-249085","athletes","type-athletes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bmx","tag-bmx-freestyle","tag-equipe-canada","tag-jeffrey-whaley","tag-paris-2024","gender-masculin","season-ete","sport-bmx","game-paris-2024","team-paris-2024-bmx","event-park-hommes","province-quebec"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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