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.

2011 FACE™ Recipients
Athlete	Coach	Sport
Brianne Barry	Ray Takahashi	Wrestling — Women
Étienne Beauchesne	Mathieu Pelletier	Canoe/Kayak
Cynthia Berringer	Mike Rutledge	*Swimming
Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes	Gregor Linsig	Ski Jumping
Joanna Brown	Greg Kealey	Triathlon
Sarah Brunin-Brouillette	Karine Dore	Synchronized Swimming
Cody Caldwell	Garett Hickling	*Wheelchair Rugby
Mélodie Daoust	Patrick Larivière	Hockey — Women
Andreanne Demers	Henri Sassine	Fencing
Robert Derman	Keith Loach	Skeleton
Mical Dyck	Dan Proulx	Cycling
Megan Farrell	Mark Ballard	Snowboard
Rachel Fréchette	Lyne Piche	Synchronized Swimming
Darren Gardner	Mark Ballard	Snowboard
Curtis Gerein	Angelo Despotas	Gymnastics — Trampoline
Alexandria Giesbrecht	Brett Macaulay	Gymnastics — Trampoline
Laura Glover	Kyle Connelly	Luge
Margarita Gourbonova	Patti Kitler	*Nordic
Scott Gow	John Jaques	Biathlon
Dylan Grisell	Anna Dacyshyn	Diving
Ronen Gros	Dragan Jovanovic	Waterpolo
Brenda Hopkin	Steve MacBride	*Sailing
Kevin Kowalyk	Brent Figg	Rowing
Jonathan Ladha	Steve Mitchell	Sailing
Arnaud Laurin-Landry	Adrian Taggart	Freestyle Skiing
Ashley Lawrence	Cyprian McFarlane	Soccer — Women
Madison Lawson	Andrea Taylor	*Equestrian
Anqi Luo	Junya Chen	Table Tennis
Braydon Luscombe	Phil Chew	*Alpine
Brittany MacLean	Kevin Thorburn	Swimming
Alysson Marshall	Mike Cavaliere	Skiing — Cross Country
Jaye Milley	Stephen Burke	*Cycling
Annie Moniqui	Yvan Darsigny	Weightlifting
Yacinta Nguyen-Huu	Goki Uemura	Judo
Rachel Nicol	Mike Pinder	Swimming
Nikki Oudenaarden	Linda Blade	Athletics
Melanie Phan	Shin Wook Lim	Taekwondo
Dyshaw Pierre	Keith Vassell	Basketball
Samantha Preston	Mark Johnson	Curling
Stephanie Rhodes Bosch	David O'Connor	Equestrian
Stephanie Kaitlin	Richard Wooles	Cycling
Wesley Savill	Scott Johnstone	Nordic Combined
Matt Sharpe	Patrick Kelly	Triathlon
Jasmine Slinn	Daniel McGee	Wrestling
Chris Spring	Amanda Stepenko	Bobsleigh
Jeremy Ten	Joanne McLeod	Figure Skating
Marielle Thomson	Eric Archer	Ski Cross
Maximilien Van Haaster	Henri Sassine	Fencing
Sarah White	Richard Tetreault	*Athletics
Emma Wright	Francis Gross	Waterpolo — Women

*Paralympic sport

View the 2010 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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