Fuelling Athlete and Coaching Excellence

The Fuelling Athlete and Coaching Excellence (FACE)™ program focuses on providing equal funding to developing
Olympic and Paralympic athletes and their coaches.

FACE™ helps to provide the athlete and their coach with the resources necessary to close the gap and achieve national carded status for the athlete in the short-term, and improve coaching skills over the long-term.

In cooperation with our partners, the FACE™ program identifies 50 athlete and coach pairings to provide funding grants of $8,000 for each athlete and coach team. All Olympic and Paralympic sports are eligible for FACE funding and follow the Sport Canada review process to qualify.

2010 FACE™ Recipients
Athlete	Coach	Sport
Kimberly Bassett	John Stockdale	Water Polo — Women
Nicolas Beaumont	Martin Larose	*Alpine
Mary Benson	George Tuira	*Nordic
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes	Tadeusz Bafia	Ski Jumping
Michael Braithwaite	Robert Watering	Rowing
Chris Butler	Mike Cavaliere	Cross Country
Mariam Chamilova	Svtlana Joukova	Gymnastics Rhythmic
Dayna Clay	Kyle Connelly	Luge
Robert Davis	Ken Dool	Sailing
Robert Derman	Scott McBride	Skeleton
Nathan Dewitt	James Hustvedt	*Athletics
Heidi Erdle	Paul Ragusa	Wrestling — Women
Joshua Riker Fox	Denis Fournier	Modern Pentathlon
Evan Guthrie	Steve Lund	Cycling
Cory Harrower	Mike Bacon	*Rugby — Wheelchair
Jake Holden	Adam Robertson	Snowboard
Maude Jacques	Marc Antoine Ducharme	*Basketball — Wheelchair
Mark James	Rob Baert	Canoe/Kayak
Jessica Johnson	Simon Chung	Tae Kwon Do
Elizabeth Knox	Margot Page	Hockey — Women
Rachel Kowalski	Sheilagh Croxon	Synchro
Robert Labbe	Pierre Pomerleau	*Cycling
Danielle Lappage	Lyndsay Belisle	Wrestling — Women
Vincent Lavoie	Guy Boulanger	Fencing
Kaitlyn Lawes	Rob Krepps	Curling
Valérie Lefebvre	Jocelyn Bilodau	Weightlifting
Django Lovett	Zbigniew Szelagowicz	Athletics
Jayd Lukenchuk	Markos Baikas	Gymnastics — Artistic Men
Mariah Madigan	Dave Ross	Gymnastics Trampoline
Rebecca Maule	Sheilagh Croxon	Synchro
C.J. Moore	Rob Wells	Diving
Yolaine Oddou	Pierre Pépin	Biathlon
Laurie Ève Pépin Gagne	Michel Charron	Gymnastics — Artistic Women
Guillaume Perrault	Faycal Bousbiat	Judo
Jessica Roberge	Jacinthe Blanchet	*Swimming
Waylon Roberts	Ian Roberts	Equestrian
Cédric Rochon	Michel Hamelin	Freestyle
Manjot Sandhu	Justin Abdou	Wrestling — Men
Wesley Savill	Scott Johnstone	Nordic Combined
Nicole Setterlund	Jesse Symons	Soccer — Women
Matt Sharpe	Patrick Kelly	Triathlon
Chris Sobkowicz	Joe Rea	*Curling
Keegan Soehn	Ken Soehn	Gymnastics Trampoline
Diane Szmiett	Scott Rachuk	Figure Skating
Michael Taylor	James Cartwright	Canoe/Kayak
Donna Marie Vakalis	John Hawes	Modern Pentathlon
Chantal Van Landeghem	Tom Hainey	Swimming
Kurtis Wenzel	John Jacques	Biathlon
Neville Wright	Florian Linder	Bobsleigh
Nick Zoricic	Willy Raine	Ski Cross

*Paralympic sport

View the 2009 FACE recipients

Athletes and coaches are not required to submit their application. National Sport Organizations (NSO) will select and nominate candidates across Canada who will best benefit from the funding. The Canadian Olympic and Paralympic committees work with NSOs and the Coaching Association of Canada to select the final
grant recipients.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your most generous funding grant. This money will be used to help pay for my training fees and will allow me to compete in meets that I would not otherwise be able to afford. I have already had to decline an invitation to compete in a Netherlands competition later this year because of financial difficulties and this money will definitely help prevent this from happening in
the future.

Thank you very much again and I look forward to a "great competitive year!"

- Phil Barbaro — Athlete Gymnastics

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