Nickname(s) Tasch Weight 88 kg (194 lb) Sport water polo | Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) Country Canada Name Alec Taschereau | |
Born 17 June 1993 (age 31) ( 1993-06-17 ) Toronto, Canada | ||
Alec Taschereau (born 17 June 1993 in Toronto) is a water polo player of Canada.
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Career
Taschereau started playing water polo when he was 8 years old because he wanted to try a different aquatic sport other than swimming and diving. He began playing water polo with the Ottawa Titans before joining the junior national team in 2010. He helped Canada win a first ever gold medal at the junior Pan Am Games in 2010. In the fall of 2011 he moved to Calgary to be centralized with the senior national team. He made his FINA World Championship debut in 2013 after competing at the junior worlds in 2011. In 2014 Taschereau helped Canada to a best ever sixth place finish in the FINA Water Polo World League Super Final. He was part of the Canadian team at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.
Personal
His father is Joe D’Amata and his mother Christine. Taschereau lives in Ottawa. He studies full time Finance at the University of Calgary.