patrick hussey’s road to the paris olympics began as a 7-year-old when he started competing at the pointe-claire swim club.
the beaconsfield native would look at the club records on the wall — including many set by victor davis , who would go on to win four olympic medals (one gold and three silver) — and wonder if one day his name might be up there.
davis, a native of guelph, ont., was killed in 1989 at age 25 in a hit-and-run incident following an argument at a bar in ste-anne-de-bellevue , a year after competing at his second olympics in seoul. davis was also on the canadian team for the 1984 games in los angeles.
hussey is one of three quebecers on the canadian olympic swim team , along with montreal native ilya kharun and mary-sophie harvey of trois-rivières. the last quebec male swimmer to qualify for the olympic team before hussey and kharun was charles francis for the 2012 games in london. since davis and paul szekula competed in seoul in 1988, only four other swimmers from the pointe-claire club have made the olympics: craig hutchison (sydney, 2000), tobias oriwol (beijing, 2008), samantha cheverton (london, 2012) and hussey.
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team canada 🇨🇦 juno beach
— devin heroux (@devin_heroux) july 18, 2024
all 28 canadian olympic swimmers here on juno beach.@swimmingcanada officials made sure this was built into their staging camp. time away from the pool. perspective. gratitude. not forgetting those who sacrificed their lives here 80 years ago. pic.twitter.com/pquppol2oo
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the canadian olympic swimming team has arrived on juno beach.
— devin heroux (@devin_heroux) july 18, 2024
this is such a meaningful moment.
a place of immense sacrifice for the freedom we enjoy today. none of it lost of us here today. pic.twitter.com/qjgfnurt9d
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