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François Viens

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François Viens is a retired Canadian racquetball player from Delson, Quebec, born on March 7, 1975. He was a doubles specialist who usually played the right side, and he won four Canadian Championships in doubles, one with Corey Osborne and three with Vincent Gagnon, with whom he also won the 2007 Pan American Championships. As a junior he won both boys under 14 singles and doubles at the 1990 Canadian Junior Nationals in Regina with Kane Waselenchuk, who was only eight at the time, and added boys under 16 singles in 1992, boys under 18 singles in 1994 and a doubles title in 1993, for five Canadian Junior Championships in all. His first appearance for Team Canada came at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, where he and Osborne won bronze medals.

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Birth Year
1975 1
Gender
Male 1
Medals or Titles Band
5+ 1
Classification
Competition Category
Mixed or Doubles 1
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is a retired Canadian racquetball player
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    François Viens (born March 7, 1975)
  • Lead, pronoun
    He won four Canadian Championships in doubles
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    for five Canadian Junior Championships overall
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    is a retired Canadian racquetball player
  • Article, events won
    He won four Canadian Championships in doubles
  • Competed In: Pan American Games, Body, international career
    Viens won his first Canadian Championship in Men's Doubles in 2003 with Corey Osborne. That victory helped them get selected for the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
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