Country Canada Height 1.7 m Retired May 2012 | Sport Snowboarding Weight 70 kg Event Boardercross | |
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Born December 8, 1982 (age 34) ( 1982-12-08 ) Jonquière, Quebec, Canada World finals 2005 World Championships: Snowboard cross – Silver | ||
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François Boivin (born 8 December 1982) is a Canadian snowboarder who competed in snowboard cross. He has represented Canada at two Winter Olympic games, won a silver medal at a World Championships, and won three bronze medals in World Cup competitions.
Boivin was born in Jonquière, Quebec. He started snowboarding at the age of eight. He has represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin where he placed tenth, and at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver where he placed twelfth. On the World Cup circuit, Boivin won bronze in 2004 at Berchtesgaden, 2005 at Sierra Nevada, and 2009 in La Molina. At the 2005 World Championships, Boivin won a silver medal.
Boivin retired in 2012.
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