Marie-Pierre Gagné (born February 28, 1983) is a

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former synchronized swimmer. She began synchronized swimming at age six. She finished in fourth place at the 2003 world championships at

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in the free routine combination event. She is also currently studying medicine at

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, in Montreal. She was the captain of the Canadian national team and competed at Beijing in 2008 for her second Olympics.

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1983 births Living people Olympic synchronized swimmers for Canada Synchronized swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Synchronized swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games Synchronized swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canadian synchronized swimmers Swimmers from Montreal Pan American Games competitors for Canada Synchronized swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games 21st-century Canadian sportswomen {{Canada-swimming-bio-stub