Lise Annique Leveille (born April 14, 1982, in

Burnaby Burnaby is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. Located in the centre of the Burrard Peninsula, it neighbours the City of Vancouver to the west, the District of North Vancouver across the confluence of the Burrard In ...

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) is a French Canadian gymnast and academic who represented Canada at the

2000 Olympic Games The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

. She began training in gymnastics at the age of three. She competed at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ( Malay: ), officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games (Malay: ), were a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 1998 games were the first held in Asia and the last Commonwealth Games of the 20th cen ...

, winning a bronze medal in the team event. The following year, she won two gold medals at the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games () or the 13th Pan American Games and commonly known as Winnipeg 1999, were a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Ma ...

, as an individual in the balance beam event and in the team event. She participated at the 1999 World Championships, and the 2000 Olympics. After graduating from

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in North Vancouver, she became part of gymnastics team of

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

, where she received her BSc degree in

Biomechanical engineering Biomechanical engineering, also considered a subfield of mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering, combines principles of physics (with a focus on mechanics), biology, and engineering. Topics of interest in this field include (experiment ...

and

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. She subsequently obtained her MD degree from

Queen's University at Kingston Queen's University at Kingston, commonly known as Queen's University or simply Queen's, is a public university, public research university in Kingston, Ontario, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Queen's holds more than of land throughout Ontario and ...

. She furthermore has an MHSc degree and an

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degree in

Neuroscience Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions, and its disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, ...

from the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a Public university, public research university with campuses near University of British Columbia Vancouver, Vancouver and University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, in British Columbia, Canada ...

(UBC). In 2014, she completed her residency in orthopaedic surgery at UBC and became a Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons of Canada (FRCSC). In August 2014 started a fellowship in pediatric orthopaedic surgery at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in

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. Since 2015, she is a staff pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at

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, specializing in knee and athletic injuries.Department of Pediatric Orthopedics
- website of the

Since 2020, Leveille is appointment as Undergraduate Medical Education Director for Orthopaedics of the University of British Columbia.

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1982 births Canadian female artistic gymnasts Franco-Columbian people Gymnasts at the 1999 Pan American Games Gymnasts at the 2000 Summer Olympics Living people Sportspeople from Burnaby Stanford Cardinal women's gymnasts Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Pan American Games gold medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Olympic gymnasts for Canada Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Stanford University alumni Queen's University at Kingston alumni University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine alumni Academic staff of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine Canadian orthopedic surgeons 21st-century Canadian sportswomen 20th-century Canadian sportswomen Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in gymnastics {{Canada-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub