Residence Montreal, Quebec Club Shidokan Height 1.85 m Rank Shichidan (7th dan) Role Olympic athlete | Sport Judo Name Nicolas Gill Country Canada Weight 105 kg | |
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Born April 24, 1972 (age 51) ( 1972-04-24 ) Montreal, Quebec Olympic medals Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 kg Similar People Kosei Inoue, Stephane Traineau, Waldemar Legien, Hirotaka Okada, Pascal Tayot | ||
Now coaching Antoine Valois-Fortier | ||
Nicolas Gill coaches the Canadian talents
Nicolas Gill (born April 24, 1972 in Montreal, Quebec) is a judoka from Canada, who won two Olympic medals in his career. He first did so at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he won the bronze medal in the middleweight (86 kg) division. Eight years later, when Sydney hosted the Summer Olympics, Gill captured the silver medal in the men's half-heavyweight (100 kg) category. He competed in four consecutive Olympics, starting in 1992.
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Gill was Canada's flag bearer in the opening ceremony at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. A mild controversy developed after it was revealed that Gill had made comments in favour of Quebec separatism, and had voted yes in the 1995 Quebec referendum.
In 2007, he received the prix reconnaissance from UQAM as a Téluq student.
He has since become a coach; one of his athletes Antoine Valois-Fortier, won a bronze medal at the London 2012 Summer Games.