Birthdate

Sport(s)

Wheelchair Fencing

Hometown

Pincourt, Que.

Classification

In 2000, Ruth Sylvie Morel became the first Canadian wheelchair fencer to compete at a Paralympic Games. It was the start of what has been so far a long and successful career in the sport which also included the 2012 Paralympics in London.

Morel hasn’t let the pandemic slow her down in her training for Games. In fact she’s been working harder than ever over the past two seasons (2020-2021) in her basement which she has converted in a training room. She works on her cardio, weight training and has a mannequin all geared up for the sport on which she pokes and stabs.

She missed a berth on the 2016 Paralympic team by only four points. After a down period, she was revitalized in 2019 when she realized she still had the abilities to compete with the best. She will also make her Games debut in Tokyo in sabre, which was added to the women’s program after Rio.
 

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2000, 2012 Paralympic Games… Pan American wheelchair fencing champion in epee in 1999, 2002, 2005…

PERSONAL
Started wheelchair fencing in 1996… Also enjoys archery… Injured in a traffic accident in 1993… Ran a fencing school for 15 years until 2013… 

NOTABLE INTERNATIONAL RESULTS

  • 2012 Paralympic Games epee 12th 
  • 2000 Paralympic Games epee 10th
  • 2000 Paralympic Games foil 11th 
Year Type
Host City
Medals
2020 Summer
Tokyo, Japan