Martine Dugrenier
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Laval, Quebec, Canada
Canada Dugrenier at the Olympic Heroes Parade in Toronto (September 2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | June 12, 1979 Laval, Quebec, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Martine Dugrenier (born June 12, 1979) is a Canadian retired wrestler. A three time world champion (2008, 2009 and 2010), she has also competed twice at the Olympics, finishing in 5th place both times.
Martine Dugrenier was raised in the Saint-François neighborhood of Laval, Quebec.[1] As a teenager, she competed in artistic gymnastics, hoping to get a scholarship to an American university, but was forced to stay in Quebec after sustaining a knee injury.[2] She attended Vanier College, where she was introduced to wrestling as it was the only physical education class that could fit in her schedule.[3] She was initially reluctant when her wrestling coach recommended that she switch from artistic gymnastics to wrestling, but eventually made the switch two years later.[3] After graduating from Vanier College in 1999, she attended Concordia University, where she competed for the Concordia Stingers wrestling team where she came in third in her first year at the University Canadian Championships and fifth in her second year while being named Concordia's Female Athlete of the Year every year from 2002 to 2004.[2] She won gold medals in each of her last three championships; during her senior season in 2004, she was named the outstanding female wrestler in Canadian university sports after winning gold without conceding a point in the 2004 competition. She graduated from Concordia with a BSc specialization in Athletic Therapy and a Graduate Diploma in Sports Administration. In 2019, she was inducted into the Concordia University Sports Hall of Fame as an athlete.[4]
