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\"Armstrong-Melissa_600\"<\/a>Melissa Armstrong a fait ses premiers pas avec l\u2019\u00e9quipe nationale en 2007 \u00e0 titre de lanceuse de rel\u00e8ve. Lors de la Coupe du monde de l\u2019IBAF de 2008, elle a aid\u00e9 le Canada \u00e0 obtenir son meilleur r\u00e9sultat en comp\u00e9tition internationale, une m\u00e9daille d\u2019argent. En 2012, elle \u00e9tait membre de l\u2019\u00e9quipe canadienne qui a remport\u00e9 la m\u00e9daille de bronze de la Coupe du monde de l\u2019IBAF, une nette am\u00e9lioration de leur cinqui\u00e8me place obtenue en 2010. M\u00eame si elle a connu le succ\u00e8s sur la sc\u00e8ne internationale, Melissa consid\u00e8re que le plus grand moment de sa carri\u00e8re est d\u2019avoir aid\u00e9 l\u2019\u00e9quipe de l\u2019Alberta \u00e0 devenir championne canadienne en 2014.<\/p>\n

\u00c0 PROPOS DE L\u2019ATHL\u00c8TE<\/h2>\n

Famille\u00a0: <\/strong>Elle est la fille de Charles et Holly Armstrong. Ses s\u0153urs a\u00een\u00e9es s\u2019appellent Andrea Gonzales, Kerri Korol et Krista Friesen. D\u00e9buts\u00a0: <\/strong>Elle a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 jouer au baseball \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 4\u00a0ans. Ses s\u0153urs et elles ont pratiqu\u00e9 tous les sports qui s\u2019offraient \u00e0 elles apr\u00e8s l\u2019\u00e9cole, et au milieu de l\u2019adolescence, le baseball \u00e9tait le sport qui pr\u00e9sentait le plus grand nombre de possibilit\u00e9s. Elle a rejoint l\u2019\u00e9quipe nationale l\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9c\u00e9dant sa derni\u00e8re ann\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cole secondaire. Autres int\u00e9r\u00eats\u00a0:<\/strong> Elle a compl\u00e9t\u00e9 la deuxi\u00e8me ann\u00e9e de son doctorat en histoire de l\u2019Afrique du Sud \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Carleton o\u00f9 elle travaille comme assistante \u00e0 l\u2019enseignement. Elle est titulaire d\u2019une ma\u00eetrise \u00e8s arts de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Oxford et d\u2019un baccalaur\u00e9at \u00e8s arts de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de la Saskatchewan. Elle aime lire des livres audio, aller \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9glise, lire, voyager et entra\u00eener des \u00e9quipes de baseball. Elle est associ\u00e9e avec Hands at Work, un organisme de bienfaisance chr\u00e9tien qui \u0153uvre en Afrique du Sud et au Nigeria. De tout et de rien\u00a0:<\/strong> Citation favorite\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Selon mon exp\u00e9rience, on peut presque toujours avoir le beurre et l\u2019argent du beurre.\u00a0\u00bb – Chuck Armstrong. Son mod\u00e8le est sa s\u0153ur Andrea parce qu\u2019elle lui rappelle que peu importe o\u00f9 une personne commence, elle peut accomplir de grandes choses. Avant les matchs, elle fait 30 minutes de cours Rosetta Stone avec sa co\u00e9quipi\u00e8re Becky Hartley. En voyage, elle apporte toujours sa Bible et une \u00ab\u00a0petite biblioth\u00e8que\u00a0\u00bb de livres sur l\u2019histoire de l\u2019Afrique du Sud. Elle collectionne les \u0153uvres d\u2019art et tableaux trouv\u00e9s dans les endroits qu\u2019elle visite.<\/p>\n

PALMAR\u00c8S INTERNATIONAL<\/h2>\n

CM IBAF\u00a0: 2014 \u2013 4e<\/sup>; 2012 \u2013 BRONZE; 2010 \u2013 5e<\/sup>; 2008 \u2013 ARGENT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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