Montreal, November 2, 2022 – Number 6e edition of the Défi 808 Bonneville once again enabled the Fondation de l'athlète d'excellence (FAEQ) to award numerous bursaries. More specifically, these were 53 outstanding student-athletes who share a total amount of 173 000 $ granted by 21 event sponsors or partners.
This sixth edition of the Défi 808 Bonneville was held on September 16 and 17 in Mont-Tremblant. The event, presented by Fenplast and Lowe's Canada, in collaboration with Lussier and Quebecor, raised no less than 400 000 $.
During the scholarship presentation ceremony, which took place at the new Maison du loisir et du sport du Québec, the presenting sponsors Fenplast (18,000 $) and Lowe's Canada (10,000 $), the major partners Bonneville (60 000 $), Courier Planet (22,000 1Q-4Q) and Quebecor (12,000 $) along with 16 other sponsors and partners were able to present the scholarships and meet in person with the student-athletes they support.
Comments:
«For a 6e consecutive year, the Défi 808 Bonneville has delivered great emotions and provided a wonderful source of inspiration both to the participants at the starting and finishing lines and to the young student-athletes who are receiving a scholarship today. Thanks to their efforts in their sport and at school, but also thanks to the efforts and self-transcendence of those who pedaled and took on a challenge for them last September, 53 young people will be able to say that the Défi 808 Bonneville made a small difference in their journey.»
- Dany Bonneville, founding president of the Défi 808 Bonneville and FAEQ administrator
«It is with great joy today that we see the fruits of the Défi 808 Bonneville. This public cycling event was once again this year a philanthropic gesture of great value. Sponsors and partners first had the opportunity to take on a healthy and enjoyable sports challenge while rubbing shoulders with several scholarship recipients. Then, they had the opportunity to financially and morally support young student-athletes in their academic and athletic journeys. For six years now, the Défi 808 Bonneville has wonderfully marked the end of the summer and the back-to-school season for our recipients, who greatly benefit from the efforts put into its organization.»
– Martin Lavigne, President of the Fondation de l'athlète d'excellence
Table of 53 recipients of 2022 Défi 808 Bonneville scholarships
| Name | Discipline | Age | Amount | City | School |
| Bonneville Industries: 60,000 $ shares awarded to 16 recipients | |||||
| Tory Audet | cross-country skiing | 17 | 4000 $ | Chelsea | Heritage College |
| Félix Bertrand | freestyle skiing (moguls) | 20 | 4000 $ | Saint-André-Avellin | Cégep at a distance |
| Éli Bouchard | freestyle snowboarding | 14 | 4000 $ | Lac-Beauport | Les Estacades Academy |
| Jules Chouinard | archery (recurve bow) | 19 | 4000 $ | Terrebonne | Cégep de Lanaudière à L’Assomption |
| Charles-Étienne Chrétien | cycling | 23 | 4000 $ | Amos | TÉLUQ University |
| Matt Cullen | dive | 16 | 4000 $ | Rosemère | Saint-Gabriel High School |
| Matt Darsigny | weightlifting (73 kg) | 21 | 4000 $ | Saint-Simon | Cégep de Trois-Rivières |
| Zachary Demers | biathlon | 21 | 4000 $ | Victoriaville | Garneau College |
| Elizabeth Hosking | snowboard half-moon |
21 | 4000 $ | Mille-Isles | Cégep at a distance |
| Marianne Leclerc | taekwondo (-62 kg) | 22 | 4000 $ | Trois-Rivières | University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières |
| Clémence Paré | swimming (S5) | 19 | 2000 $ | Boucherville | Cégep at a distance |
| Félix Roussel | short track speed skating | 21 | 4000 $ | Sherbrooke (Rock Forest) | TÉLUQ University |
| Alycia St-Pierre | taekwondo (-57 kg) | 18 | 2000 $ | Lac-des-Écorces | Garneau College |
| Marianne Théberge | mountain bike | 21 | 4000 $ | Lévis (Saint-Rédempteur) | Laval University |
| Raphaëlle Tousignant | para ice hockey | 20 | 4000 $ | Terrebonne | University of Quebec at Montreal |
| Corinne Vézina | swimming | 17 | 4000 $ | Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville | Mérici College |
| Planète Courrier: 22,000 $ scholarships awarded to 6 recipients | |||||
| Arnaud Beaudoin | road cycling | 20 | 2000 $ | Mount Royal | Polytechnique Montréal |
| Justin Bergeron | short track speed skating | 21 | 4000 $ | Soul | Laval University |
| Florence Brunelle | short track speed skating | 18 | 4000 $ | Trois-Rivières | Collège de Maisonneuve |
| Matisse Julien | road cycling | 19 | 4000 $ | Laval | Lionel-Groulx College |
| Tristan Jussaume | road cycling | 21 | 4000 $ | Reluctantly | HEC Montréal |
| Gabrielle Patenaude | water polo | 18 | 4000 $ | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu | Cégep Édouard-Montpetit |
| Fenplast: 18,000 $ scholarships awarded to 5 recipients | |||||
| Frédéric De Cardaillac | judo (-66 kg) | 19 | 4000 $ | Montréal (Saint-Laurent) | University of Quebec at Montreal |
| Mathis Lamoureux | freestyle snowboarding | 16 | 2000 $ | Morin Heights | Les Estacades Academy |
| Filip Mainville | Triathlon | 22 | 4000 $ | Laval | Laval University |
| Benjamin Tessier | dive | 17 | 4000 $ | Blainville | Collège de Maisonneuve |
| Marion Thénault | freestyle skiing (aerials) | 22 | 4000 $ | Sherbrooke | Concordia University |
| Lowe’s Canada: 10,000 $ scholarships awarded to 3 recipients | |||||
| Félix-Olivier Bertrand | judo (-60 kg) | 18 | 2000 $ | Gatineau (Aylmer) | Collège de Maisonneuve |
| Olivier Léveillé | cross-country skiing | 21 | 4000 $ | Racine | Cégep at a distance |
| Magdeleine Vallières-Mill | road cycling | 21 | 4000 $ | Sherbrooke | Cégep at a distance |
| Quebecor: 12,000 $ scholarships awarded to 3 recipients | |||||
| Adrien Bilodeau | water polo | 16 | 4000 $ | Montreal (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie) | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Secondary School |
| Frédérique Pérusse | biathlon | 20 | 4000 $ | Lévis (Saint-Jean-Chrysostome) | University of Sherbrooke |
| Lily Plante | track cycling | 21 | 4000 $ | Sutton | Cégep at a distance |
| Barsalou Lawson Rheault: 6,000 $ Scholarships Awarded to 2 Recipients | |||||
| Alexandrine Coursol | Triathlon | 21 | 4000 $ | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu | Arizona State University |
| Coralie Lévesque | road cycling | 18 | 2000 $ | Boucherville | Marian University |
| Normand Béliveau, Île-des-Sœurs Cycling Club: 4,000 $ in scholarships awarded to 2 recipients | |||||
| Frédéric Boucher | freestyle skiing (moguls) | 20 | 2000 $ | Quebec (Cap-Rouge) | Garneau College |
| Eva Kovaluk | swimming | 18 | 2000 $ | Saint-Hippolyte | Ahuntsic College |
| Laval Sports Medicine Center: $4,000 in scholarships for two recipients | |||||
| Zachary Desjardins | badminton | 17 | 2000 $ | Laval | Montmorency College |
| Stéphanie Lespérance | cycling | 19 | 2000 $ | Laval | Lionel-Groulx College |
| Tristan Séguin: 6,000 $ scholarships awarded to 2 recipients | |||||
| Julian Brunet | alpine skiing | 18 | 2000 $ | Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard | Cégep of Saint-Jérôme |
| Alexandre Cormier | cross-country skiing | 17 | 4000 $ | Piedmont | Cégep of Saint-Jérôme |
| Alphafixe Capital | |||||
| Pavlos Antoniades | Triathlon | 22 | 4000 $ | Trois-Rivières | University of Montreal |
| Bioracer | |||||
| Michaël Simard | Triathlon | 20 | 2000 $ | Magog | McGill University |
| De Grandpré Chait | |||||
| Léo Hachem | water polo | 17 | 2000 $ | Montreal (Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce) | Dawson College |
| Fasken | |||||
| Christina Salama | soccer | 16 | 2000 $ | Montreal (Pierrefonds-Roxboro) | Des Sources High School |
| Flo | |||||
| Aurélie Tran | artistic gymnastics | 16 | 4000 $ | Repentigny | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Secondary School |
| Globocam | |||||
| Mathis Beaulieu | Triathlon | 18 | 4000 $ | Quebec (Beauport) | Garneau College |
| Lefebvre & Benoit | |||||
| Jacob Roy | mountain bike | 15 | 2000 $ | Sainte-Gertrude-Manneville | Amos High School |
| Moquin Amyot | |||||
| Elsa Yazedjian | swimming | 15 | 1500 $ | Montreal (Outremont) | Notre-Dame Middle School |
| Danek Nowosielski | |||||
| Maria Shtrevensky | fencing (sabre) | 16 | 2000 $ | Montreal West | German International School Alexander von Humboldt |
| SAS | |||||
| Jérôme Gauthier | road cycling | 18 | 2000 $ | Amos | Cégep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| Stelpro | |||||
| Justin Carpentier | snowboard (alpine events) | 20 | 4000 $ | Montreal (Ahuntsic-Cartierville) | HEC Montréal |
| Team GREEE | |||||
| Robi Racine | Triathlon | 14 | 1500 $ | Saint Paul | Esther-Blondin College |
About the Bonneville 808 Challenge
The Bonneville 808 Challenge is a public cycling event benefiting the Quebec Foundation for Athletic Excellence (FAEQ). Several road cycling distance options are available to participants. The 6th edition of the event took place on September 16 and 17, 2022, in Mont-Tremblant. defi808bonneville.com
About the Quebec Foundation for Athletic Excellence (FAEQ)
Since its creation in 1985, the FAEQ has awarded no less than $19 million in bursaries, representing 6,525 individual bursaries to 3,300 different student-athletes. The FAEQ offers not only financial support to Quebec's student-athletes, but also support services in terms of academic guidance, balancing sports and studies, corporate internships, etc. The FAEQ stands out for its personalized approach, rigorous management, and influential role within the sports and education communities. faeq.com
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For more information:
Annie Pelletier
Director of Communications and Partnerships
Foundation for Athletic Excellence
514-252-3171, ext. 3538
annie.pelletier@faeq.com
For interview requests or further information, please contact Josée Robitaille at josee.robitaille@faeq.com.
