Samuel Murray (born June 4, 1993) is a Canadian
racquetball
Racquetball is a racquet sport and a team sport played with a hollow rubber ball on an indoor or outdoor court. Joseph Sobek invented the modern sport of racquetball in 1950, adding a stringed racquet to paddleball in order to increase vel ...
player. He is the curren
International Racquetball Federation(IRF) World Champion in Men's Doubles, winning the title with
Coby Iwaasa
Coby Iwaasa (born June 19, 1996) is a Canadian racquetball player. He is the currenInternational Racquetball Federation(IRF) World Champion in Men's Doubles, winning the title with Samuel Murray in 2024. Previously, Iwaasa and Murray won the 202 ...
in 2024.
Previously, Murray was the 2022
Pan American Champion in Men's Doubles (with Iwaasa). He has won twice on the
International Racquetball Tour, and is only the second Canadian to win on the IRT (after
Kane Waselenchuk), and been ranked as high as #3.
He is the current Canadian Champion in Men's Singles, winning the title for a sixth time in 2024.
Junior years
Murray competed at the Canadian Junior National Championships on several occasions, winning six championships: three in singles and three in doubles.
In Boys' Singles, he won U12 in 2006, U14 in 2008, and U16 in 2010. In Boys' Doubles, he won U14 with Pedro Castro in 2006, and they won U16 in 2008. In 2012, Murray and Sebastian Juteau won Boys' U18 Doubles.
2012–2015 – Career begins
Murray played in the 2nd Racquetball Canada National Team Selection Event of the 2010–11 season, as it was in Brossard, Québec – his home province. Seeded 16th, he lost to 17th seed Nathaniel Husulak in the Round of 32, 7–15, 15–8, 11–6.
Murray played Men's Doubles with Jean-Philippe Morin in the 2012 Canadian Championships, and they lost in the Round of 16 to Francis Guillemette and
Corey Osborne, 15–6, 15–6. In Men's Singles, Murray lost to Hugo Laprise due to an injury.
Murray played in the 2nd Racquetball Canada National Team Selection Event of the 2012–13 season in February 2013 in Brossard, Québec, where he reached the quarterfinals and lost to Coby Iwaasa, 15–13, 16–14.
Murray played Men's Doubles with his older brother Tommy in the 2013 Canadian Championships in Langley, British Columbia, where they finished 4th. After winning the quarterfinals against another brother team of James Landeryou and
Tim Landeryou, 15–7, 15–6, they lost in the semi-finals to Mike Green and Coby Iwaasa, 15–3, 15–6. They then lost the 3rd place match to Pedro Castro and Eric Desrochers, 15–4, 15–8. In Men's Singles that year, Murray lost to Castro in the Round of 16, 15–13, 15–9.
In November 2013, Murray finished 4th at the 1st National Team Selection Event of the 2013–14 season in
Winnipeg
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, where he reached the semi-finals by defeating
Tim Landeryou in the quarterfinals, 9–15, 15–12, 11–9, but lost to
Vincent Gagnon, 7–15, 15–11, 11–5. In the 3rd place match, he lost to Coby Iwaasa, 15–10, 15–8. In the 2nd National Team Selection Event of that season, he also played Landeryou in the quarters, but lost, 15–10, 15–7, in Brossard, Québec in January 2014.
The 2014 Canadian National Championships were also in Brossard, and Murray became a Canadian Champion for the first time, as he won Men's Doubles with
Vincent Gagnon. They defeated Pedro Castro and
Tim Landeryou in the final, 15–12, 15–2. In the semis, they beat Francis Guillemette and
Corey Osborne, 15–8, 15–10. Murray also had his best showing in Men's Singles, as he finished 4th in Men's Singles. He lost in the semi-finals to
Tim Landeryou, 15–12, 15–12, and then lost the 3rd place match to Coby Iwaasa, 13–15, 15–6, 11–8.
Murray qualified to play on Team Canada for the first time for the 2014 World Championships, which were in June 2014 in Burlington, Ontario, where he played
Men's Singles. He lost in the Round of 32 to Guatemalan Edwin Galicia, 15–12, 15–12. That summer Murray played for Canada at the 2014 Pan American Sports Festival in
Guadalajara
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, Mexico, where he lost in the Round of 16 to team-mate Coby Iwaasa, 15–9, 10–15, 11–3.
In November 2014, Murray was a quarterfinalist at the 1st National Team Selection Event of the 2014–15 season in Kitchener, Ontario, where he lost to Coby Iwaasa, 15–9, 15–10. He was also a quarterfinalist at the 2nd Selection Event that season in Brossard, Québec, where he lost to Pedro Castro, 15–13, 11–15, 12–10.
Murray played at the Pan American Championships for the first time in March 2015 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He lost in the Round of 16 to
Daniel de la Rosa of Mexico, 15–14, 15–9.
It was his 3rd Team Canada appearance.
Murray reached the finals of Men's Singles at the Canadian Championships for the 1st time in 2015 in Burnaby, British Columbia, where he lost to Coby Iwaasa, 15–10, 12–15, 11–7. Murray defeated
Vincent Gagnon in the semi-finals, 15–10, 15–10. Murray and Gagnon played doubles together, but they lost in the semi-finals to Iwaasa and
Mike Green, 15–9, 9–15, 11–4.
2015–2020 – Career breakthrough
The 2015–16 season saw Murray break through to win his first National Team Selection Event in November 2015, in Brossard, Québec, where he beat
Mike Green in the final, 15–10, 15–13. He defeated
Tim Landeryou to reach the final, 15–7, 15–12. In the 2nd Selection Event that season, he lost a tie-breaker to Landeryou in the semi-finals, 10–15, 15–12, 11–9. But he did win the 3rd place match against Pedro Castro, 15–6, 15–1.
Murray played at the 2016 Pan American Championships in
San Luis Potosí
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It ...
, Mexico. He reached the quarterfinals with a win over Alexander Pirie of Costa Rica, 15–0, 15–8, but lost in the quarters to the USA's Jake Bredenbeck, 15–1, 13–15, 11–8.
It was his 4th Team Canada appearance.
At the 2016 Canadian Championships, Murray was seeded 3rd in Men's Singles, but was upset in the Round of 16 by Eric Desrochers, 15–12, 4–15, 11–8. However, he did win Men's Doubles with Pedro Castro. They defeated Nicolas Bousquet and Tommy Murray, 15–8, 15–1, in the final, as well as beating Desrochers and
Tim Landeryou in the semi-finals, 15–12, 15–12. Their win was Murray's 2nd Canadian Championship.
Murray played
Men's Singles at the 2016 World Championships in
Cali
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,
Colombia
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, and came away with a bronze medal. He defeated the USA's
Chris Crowther in the quarterfinals, 7–15, 15–3, 11–7, and then lost to Mexican
Daniel de la Rosa, 15–12, 15–7.
Murray won the 1st National Team Selection event of the 2016–17 season in Valleyfield, Québec, where he defeated James Landeryou, 15–4, 15–4, in the final. In the semi-finals, Murray beat Landeryou's older brother
Tim, 15–9, 15–13. At the 2nd selection event that season in
Calgary
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, Murray defeated
Tim Landeryou to reach the final, but lost to
Mike Green, 15–12, 15–11.
Murray began to play on the
International Racquetball Tour full time in the 2016–17 season. He played in eight tournaments that season. Murray's best finish was a semi-final in Dayton, Ohio, where he beat
Sebastian Franco in the Round of 16, 9–11, 11–5, 11–4, 10–12, 11–6, and Jose Rojas in the quarterfinals, 11–4, 11–6, 3–11, 11–4, before losing in the semis to
Rocky Carson, 10–12, 11–0. 11–9, 14–12. Overall, Murray finished 14th in the rankings that season.
Murray was runner up in Men's Singles at the 2017 Canadian Championships, losing to
Mike Green in a tie-breaker, 12–15, 15–12, 12–10. In Men's Doubles that year, Murray and Pedro Castro came 3rd, as they lost to Green and Trevor Webb in the semi-finals, 15–13, 4–15, 11–5, but beat Lee Connell and Nathaniel Husulak, 15–9, 16–14.
Murray won the 1st National Team Selection event of the 2017–18 season, as he defeated
Tim Landeryou, 15–3, 15–8, in the final. In the semi-finals, Murray beat Coby Iwaasa, 15–11, 15–8. Murray and Landeryou also met in the final of the 2nd National Team Selection Event that season with the same result: a win for Murray, 15–13, 15–3. Murray also beat Iwaasa in the semi-finals, 15–2, 15–5.
At the 2018 Pan American Championships in
Temuco
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,
Chile
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, Murray played Men's Doubles with Nicolas Bousquet. They defeated Thomas Carter and David Horn of the US in the quarterfinals, 15–10, 15–4, and then lost to
Álvaro Beltrán and Rodrigo Montoya, 15–3, 15–13. So, Murray and Bousquet came home with bronze medals.
Murray won Men's Singles at the Canadian Championships for the first time in 2018 in
Winnipeg
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, where he defeated Iwaasa in the final, 15–7, 10–15, 11–2. He reached the final by defeating Pedro Castro in the semi-finals, 15–0, 15–2. Murray and Iwaasa played together in Men's Doubles, and captured the title by defeating Nicolas Bousquet and Tommy Murray in the final, 15–13, 10–15, 11–6. They beat the brother team of James Landeryou and
Tim Landeryou in the semi-finals, 15–13, 15–10.
Once again, Murray was selected to represent Canada at Worlds in San José, Costa Rica. He played both
Men's Singles and
Men's doubles with
Tim Landeryou. In singles, he defeated Jose Daniel Ugalde of
Ecuador
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, 15–10, 15–3, in the Round of 16, but lost to the USA's Charlie Pratt in the quarterfinals, 15–2, 15–12. But in doubles, Murray and Landeryou reached the podium. They beat Argentines Fernando Kurzbard and Shai Manzuri, 15–1, 15–7, in the quarterfinals, but lost
Rocky Carson and
Sudsy Monchik of the US in the semi-finals, 15–12, 15–2.
In the 2018–19 season, Murray won the 1st National Team Selection Event in Valleyfield, Québec, where he beat Coby Iwaasa, 9–15, 15–6, 11–6. He also defeated Iwaasa in the 2nd National Team Selection Event in Grande Prairie, Alberta, 15–10, 15–10. He defeated Pedro Castro in the semi-finals, 15–6, 15–9.
Murray began the 2018–19
IRT season strongly, as he made his first final at the first event of the season – the 2018 MWRA Season Opener IRT Pro/Am in Laurel, Maryland, where he beat
Alejandro Landa in the semi-finals, 15–8, 9–15, 11–7, but then lost to
Rocky Carson in the final, 15–7, 15–12. Also in that season, Murray was a quarterfinalist four times and finished 2018–19 ranked 7th: a career high.
The second Racquetball Canada National Team Selection event of 2018–19 was in Grande Prairie, Alberta, where Murray finished on top by defeating
Coby Iwaasa
Coby Iwaasa (born June 19, 1996) is a Canadian racquetball player. He is the currenInternational Racquetball Federation(IRF) World Champion in Men's Doubles, winning the title with Samuel Murray in 2024. Previously, Iwaasa and Murray won the 202 ...
, 15–10, 15–10, in the final. He beat Pedro Castro in the semi-finals, 15–6, 15–9.
Murray was a member of Team Canada for the
2019 Pan American Racquetball Championships in Barranquilla, Colombia, where he reached an international final for the first time. Murray and
Coby Iwaasa
Coby Iwaasa (born June 19, 1996) is a Canadian racquetball player. He is the currenInternational Racquetball Federation(IRF) World Champion in Men's Doubles, winning the title with Samuel Murray in 2024. Previously, Iwaasa and Murray won the 202 ...
were finalists in Men's Doubles. They beat Costa Ricans Andres Acuña and Felipe Camacho in the semi-finals, 8–15, 15–1, 11–3, but lost to Bolivians Roland Keller and Conrrado Moscoso, 2–15, 15–9, 11–2, in the final.
Murray successfully defended his Men's Singles title at the Canadian Championships, winning Men's Open for a second time in 2019 in
Langley, British Columbia, where he defeated Iwaasa in the final, 15–3, 15–6. He beat Trevor Webb in the semi-finals, 15–3, 15–2. Murray also captured the Men's Doubles title, and he did so with his brother Tommy Murray. They beat another brother team in the final – James Landeryou and
Tim Landeryou – 17–15, 10–15, 11–1.
For the first time in his career, Murray played in the
Pan American Games
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. He competed in
Lima
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,
Peru
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, where he played in Men's Singles, Men's Doubles, and the Men's Team event. Murray was a quarterfinalist in all three. In
Men's singles, as he lost to eventual gold medalist Rodrigo Montoya of Mexico, 15–7, 15–10. He played
Men's doubles with
Coby Iwaasa
Coby Iwaasa (born June 19, 1996) is a Canadian racquetball player. He is the currenInternational Racquetball Federation(IRF) World Champion in Men's Doubles, winning the title with Samuel Murray in 2024. Previously, Iwaasa and Murray won the 202 ...
, and as in singles, Murray and Iwaasa were quarterfinalists, losing to Mexicans Montoya and Javier Mar, 15–5, 15–6. Murray and Iwaasa were also quarterfinalists in the
Men's Team event, as they lost to Colombia, who went on to take silver.
In the 2019–20 season, Murray won both National Team Selection Events. The first was held in Sherwood Park, Alberta, where he defeated
Coby Iwaasa
Coby Iwaasa (born June 19, 1996) is a Canadian racquetball player. He is the currenInternational Racquetball Federation(IRF) World Champion in Men's Doubles, winning the title with Samuel Murray in 2024. Previously, Iwaasa and Murray won the 202 ...
in the final, 15–5, 15–8. He also beat Iwaasa in the final of the second event in
Winnipeg
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, although that match went to a tie-breaker with Murray coming out on top, 8–15, 15–7, 11–1.
2021–present – Winning on tour and on Team Canada
Murray won the first IRT event of the 2020–21 season, the Suivant Consulting Pro-Am in Lilburn, Georgia in January 2021, when he defeated
Conrrado Moscoso, 15–7, 8–15, 11–9, to become just the 2nd Canadian (after
Kane Waselenchuk) to win a Tier 1 or Grand Slam IRT event. En route to the title, Murray beat Javier Mar in the Round of 16,
Daniel de la Rosa in the quarterfinals, and
Alejandro Landa in the semi-finals.
Murray was on Team Canada for the
2021 IRF World Championships in
Guatemala City
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,
Guatemala
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, where he played
Men's Doubles with
Coby Iwaasa
Coby Iwaasa (born June 19, 1996) is a Canadian racquetball player. He is the currenInternational Racquetball Federation(IRF) World Champion in Men's Doubles, winning the title with Samuel Murray in 2024. Previously, Iwaasa and Murray won the 202 ...
. They lost to Bolivians Roland Keller and
Conrrado Moscoso, 9–15, 15–12, 11–4, in the quarterfinals, although they had beaten Bolivia in the group stage of matches.
Murray and
Coby Iwaasa
Coby Iwaasa (born June 19, 1996) is a Canadian racquetball player. He is the currenInternational Racquetball Federation(IRF) World Champion in Men's Doubles, winning the title with Samuel Murray in 2024. Previously, Iwaasa and Murray won the 202 ...
won Men's Doubles at the
2022 Pan American Racquetball Championships in
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
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Situated on the Pirai River (Bolivia), Pirai River in the eastern Tropical ...
,
Bolivia
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, where they defeated Ecuadorans Juan Francisco Cueva and Jose Daniel Ugalde in the final, 10–15, 15–13, 15–5, 11–15, 11–5. Murray also played Men's Singles in Bolivia, losing in the quarterfinals to American
Alejandro Landa, 15–12, 9–15, 15–12, 15–10.
He won his 4th Canadian Men's Singles Championship and 6th Canadian Men's Doubles Championship in Brossard, Québec in May, 2022.
Murray beat
Coby Iwaasa
Coby Iwaasa (born June 19, 1996) is a Canadian racquetball player. He is the currenInternational Racquetball Federation(IRF) World Champion in Men's Doubles, winning the title with Samuel Murray in 2024. Previously, Iwaasa and Murray won the 202 ...
in the Men's Singles final, 15–9, 15–8, 15–8, and Lee Connell in the semi-finals, 15–12, 15–5, 15–5. Murray played doubles with his brother Tommy, and they defeated Iwaasa and Kurtis Cullen in the final, 12–15, 15–14, 15–6, 15–9. Murray's 10 Canadian titles tie him for sixth most all time with
Mike Ceresia and
Sherman Greenfeld.
Murray was part of three medals for Canada at the
2022 IRF World Championships in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. He and
Coby Iwaasa
Coby Iwaasa (born June 19, 1996) is a Canadian racquetball player. He is the currenInternational Racquetball Federation(IRF) World Champion in Men's Doubles, winning the title with Samuel Murray in 2024. Previously, Iwaasa and Murray won the 202 ...
were
bronze medalists in Men's Doubles, Murray and
Frédérique Lambert were
silver medalists in Mixed Doubles, and he was part of the
Men's Team that were runners up to Mexico. Murray helped Canada finish 4th overall as a team.
Murray played singles and doubles (with
Coby Iwaasa
Coby Iwaasa (born June 19, 1996) is a Canadian racquetball player. He is the currenInternational Racquetball Federation(IRF) World Champion in Men's Doubles, winning the title with Samuel Murray in 2024. Previously, Iwaasa and Murray won the 202 ...
) at the
2023 Pan American Racquetball Championships in
Guatemala City
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,
Guatemala
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, but was injured in the last doubles match of the group stage, so he had to withdraw from the tournament.
He won his 5th Canadian Men's Singles Championship at the 2023 Racquetball Canada National Championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he beat
Coby Iwaasa
Coby Iwaasa (born June 19, 1996) is a Canadian racquetball player. He is the currenInternational Racquetball Federation(IRF) World Champion in Men's Doubles, winning the title with Samuel Murray in 2024. Previously, Iwaasa and Murray won the 202 ...
in the Men's Singles final, 11–4, 12–10, 11–3, and Kurtis Cullen in the semi-finals, 11-5, 11–4, 11–6. Murray played doubles with his brother Tommy, and they were the three time defending champions, but lost to Iwaasa and Cullen in the final, 12–10, 11–9, 11–4. Murray's 11 Canadian titles tie him for fifth most all time with Wayne Bowes.
Murray was part of Team Canada at the
2023 Pan American Games in
Santiago
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,
Chile
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. He played singles, doubles, mixed doubles and the men's team event. Murray earned two silver medals in Santiago. In
Men's Doubles, he and
Coby Iwaasa
Coby Iwaasa (born June 19, 1996) is a Canadian racquetball player. He is the currenInternational Racquetball Federation(IRF) World Champion in Men's Doubles, winning the title with Samuel Murray in 2024. Previously, Iwaasa and Murray won the 202 ...
defeated the Independent Athletes team of Edwin Galicia and Juan José Salvatierra, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, in the semi-finals, and then in the final lost to Mexicans
Javier Mar and
Rodrigo Montoya, 6-11, 11-7, 12-10, 12-10. Murray and Iwaasa were also in
the Men's Team final, losing to Bolivia 2-0, with Murray losing to
Conrrado Moscoso in three games, 11-5, 11-9, 11-2.
Murray won his 2nd IRT event in January 2024, when he took the 44th Annual Lewis Drug Pro-Am in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He defeated
Rodrigo Montoya, 15-12, 9-15, 11-10, in the final, after beating
Conrrado Moscoso in the semi-finals, 13-15, 15-14, 11-2.
Playing at the
2024 Pan American Racquetball Championships in Guatemala City, Murray won three medals. He was runner up in Men's Singles to Mexican
Rodrigo Montoya, and with
Coby Iwaasa
Coby Iwaasa (born June 19, 1996) is a Canadian racquetball player. He is the currenInternational Racquetball Federation(IRF) World Champion in Men's Doubles, winning the title with Samuel Murray in 2024. Previously, Iwaasa and Murray won the 202 ...
in Men's Doubles to Costa Ricans
Andrés Acuña
Andrés Acuña (born September 11, 1995) is a Costa Rican racquetball player. He is the current World Games champion in racquetball, winning gold at the 2022 World Games, in Birmingham, Alabama.
Acuña is a former Pan American Champion in Men's ...
and Gabriel Garcia. Murray got a bronze medal in the Men's Team event, as he helped Canada beat Guatemala in the quarterfinals, but they lost to Mexico in the semi-finals.
Murray and
Coby Iwaasa
Coby Iwaasa (born June 19, 1996) is a Canadian racquetball player. He is the currenInternational Racquetball Federation(IRF) World Champion in Men's Doubles, winning the title with Samuel Murray in 2024. Previously, Iwaasa and Murray won the 202 ...
became the first Canadian men to win Men's Doubles at the
IRF World Championships, as they captured gold at the
2024 World Championships in San Antonio, Texas.
They defeated Bolivians Kadim Carrasco and
Conrrado Moscoso in the semi-finals, 5-11, 12-10, 11-7, 8-11, 11-8, and then Mexicans
Andree Parrilla and Eduardo Portillo in the final, 11-5, 6-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-6.
Murray also helped Canada finish 2nd in the Men's Team event at Worlds, losing to the USA in the final, 2-1.
Career summary
Murray's career is highlighted by his IRF World Championship, Pan American Championship (both in Men's Doubles with
Coby Iwaasa
Coby Iwaasa (born June 19, 1996) is a Canadian racquetball player. He is the currenInternational Racquetball Federation(IRF) World Champion in Men's Doubles, winning the title with Samuel Murray in 2024. Previously, Iwaasa and Murray won the 202 ...
), and his two wins on the
International Racquetball Tour (IRT). He's also been Canadian Champion twelve times: six in singles and six times in doubles with four different partners:
Vincent Gagnon,
Pedro Castro, Iwaasa and his brother Tommy.
Career record
This table lists Murray's results across annual events.
Note: W = winner, F = finalist, SF = semi-finalist, QF = quarterfinalist, 16 = Round of 16. The years refer to the year the event occurred or the season in which they occurred. For example, Murray won both Selection Event #1 and #2 in the 2019–20 season, although those events happened in different calendar years. "CV" indicates the event was not held during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Personal
Murray lives in Montreal, Quebec. His older brother Tommy also plays racquetball, and was a Canadian Junior Champion.
The brothers have won three Canadian National Doubles titles together.
See also
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List of racquetball players
References
External links
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1993 births
Canadian racquetball players
Living people
People from Baie-Comeau
Sportspeople from Côte-Nord
Racket sportspeople from Quebec
Racquetball players at the 2019 Pan American Games
Pan American Games competitors for Canada
Racquetball players at the 2023 Pan American Games
Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
Pan American Games silver medalists in racquetball