{"id":8576,"date":"2011-09-18T21:56:27","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T01:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/team-canada\/jacob-wetzel-2\/"},"modified":"2019-02-13T15:53:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T20:53:12","slug":"jacob-wetzel","status":"publish","type":"athletes","link":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/jacob-wetzel\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Wetzel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Faits saillants en carri\u00e8re<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Membre de l&rsquo;\u00e9quipage du huit masculin favori pour gagner la m\u00e9daille d&rsquo;or aux Jeux olympiques de 2008 et qui a r\u00e9pondu aux attentes en remportant la course finale du huit masculin \u00e0 Beijing<\/li>\n<li>Trois fois champion du monde, en 1999 (quatre avec barreur pour les \u00c9tats-Unis), en 2003 (quatre sans barreur), et en 2007 (huit)<\/li>\n<li>Triple\u00a0Olympien, il a gagn\u00e9 la m\u00e9daille d&rsquo;argent au quatre sans barreur en 2004 pour le Canada (7e en 2000 du quatre en couple pour les \u00c9tats-Unis)<\/li>\n<li>Sa premi\u00e8re comp\u00e9tition internationale a \u00e9t\u00e9 les Championnats du monde 1998 \u00e0 Cologne, en Allemagne, dans lesquels il a termin\u00e9 7e au deux de pointe (en repr\u00e9sentant le Canada)<\/li>\n<li>A la double nationalit\u00e9 canadienne et am\u00e9ricaine (son p\u00e8re est am\u00e9ricain)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Le huit masculin de Beijing 2008<\/h2>\n<p>En pleine possession de ses moyens et fort de sa domination internationale, le huit masculin canadien qui a particip\u00e9 aux Jeux olympiques de 2008 \u00e0 Beijing ne pouvait que remporter l\u2019or.<\/p>\n<p>Sous la direction de l\u2019entra\u00eeneur Mike Spracklen, l\u2019\u00e9quipage compos\u00e9 de Kevin Light (Sidney, C.-B.), Ben Rutledge (Cranbrook, C.-B.), Andrew Byrnes (Toronto, Ont.), Jake Wetzel (Saskatoon, Sask.), Malcolm Howard (Victoria, C.-B.), Dominic Seiterle (Victoria, C.-B.), Adam Kreek (London, Ont.), Kyle Hamilton (Richmond, C.-B.) et du barreur Brian Price (Belleville, Ont.) avait prouv\u00e9 \u00e0 maintes reprises qu\u2019il \u00e9tait le meilleur, notamment en remportant le titre du Championnat du monde de 2007 ainsi que deux \u00e9ditions cons\u00e9cutives de la prestigieuse Coupe du monde de Lucerne en 2007 et 2008.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c0 Beijing, Steven Redgrave, commentateur du r\u00e9seau BBC et six fois m\u00e9daill\u00e9 olympique, a jug\u00e9 que l\u2019\u00e9quipe \u00ab\u00a0p\u00eachait par exc\u00e8s d\u2019assurance\u00a0\u00bb, une assurance somme toute justifi\u00e9e, puisque le huit a remport\u00e9 sa vague par plus de sept secondes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c0 la finale, les Canadiens ont pris un d\u00e9part rapide, et \u00e0 la marque de 500\u00a0m, ils avaient une avance d\u2019environ un quart de longueur de bateau. Ils ont continu\u00e9 \u00e0 se distancer de leurs concurrents, et \u00e0 mi\u2011parcours, cette avance \u00e9tait d\u2019environ une longueur de bateau. Apr\u00e8s cela, il ne leur a suffi que de contrer la charge men\u00e9e par la Grande-Bretagne et les \u00c9tats-Unis vers la fin de la course pour enlever la m\u00e9daille d\u2019or.<\/p>\n<p>C\u2019est une victoire qui a inspir\u00e9 les Canadiens, particuli\u00e8rement l\u2019image des membres de l\u2019\u00e9quipage entonnant l\u2019\u00ab\u00a0\u00d4 Canada\u00a0\u00bb \u00e0 tue-t\u00eate sur le quai. 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