TEAM CANADA WINS 3 BRONZE MEDALS AT JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
WINNIPEG, December 12, 2021 – Team Canada is coming home from the Junior World Championships in Guatemala with three bronze medals. This is the first world championship medal for each of the athletes who reached the podium.
Nathan Jauvin (Terrebonne, Québec) and Christian Pocsai (New Hamburg, Ontario) won bronze in the 18 & U Boy’s Doubles event. Jauvin and Pocsai worked well together on the court throughout the tournament and upset one of the higher seeded teams to advance in the medal round. This is Jauvin’s fourth World Championships and Pocsai’s third.
The other two bronze medals came in the 14 & U age category. Canada’s young athletes managed to adapt to playing at the international level quickly. Raphaël Guillemette (Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec) and Asher Pocsai (New Hamburg, Ontario) won bronze in 14 & U Boy’s Doubles. This was Pocsai’s second appearance at the World Championships and Guillemette’s first.
Chloé Jauvin, (Terrebonne, Québec) who was also competing in her first Junior World Championship event, won bronze in 14 & U Girl’s Singles.
The tournament took place in Guatemala City, Guatemala from December 3 to 11, 2021. Eight athletes represented Canada at the Junior World Championships with most athletes competing in both singles and doubles events.
The team was coached by Michel Gagnon (Longueuil, Québec), Rino Langelier (Montréal, Québec) and Evan Pritchard (Winnipeg, Manitoba).
If you missed seeing Canada in action, visit our Facebook page for links to some of Team Canada’s matches.
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Final Standings for Team Canada at the Junior World Championships
14 & U Girls Singles:
Chloé Jauvin (Terrebonne, QC), 3rd
16 & U Girl’s Singles
Tamara Wilscam (Repentigny, QC), 5th
Ofelia Wilscam (Repentigny, QC), 9th
18 & U Girl’s Singles
Juliette Parent (Saint-Jacques, QC), 5th
16 & U Girl’s Doubles
Ofelia Wilscam / Tamara Wilscam, (Repentigny, QC) 6th
14 & U Boy’s Singles
Raphaël Guillemette (Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, QC), 5th
Asher Pocsai (New Hamburg, ON), 9th
16 & U Boy’s Singles
Christian Pocsai (New Hamburg, ON), 5th
18 & U Boy’s Singles
Nathan Jauvin (Terrebonne, QC), 5th
14 & U Boy’s Doubles
Raphaël Guillemette (Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, QC) / Asher Pocsai (New Hamburg, ON), 3rd
18 & U Boy’s Doubles
Nathan Jauvin (Terrebonne, QC) / Christian Pocsai (New Hamburg, ON), 3rd
