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\u00c0 sa premi\u00e8re exp\u00e9rience olympique, John Wallace a fini sixi\u00e8me en aviron \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9preuve du huit \u00e0 S\u00e9oul 1988<\/a>. Apr\u00e8s avoir pass\u00e9 un an \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cart de la comp\u00e9tition, Wallace a rejoint le programme olympique, participant \u00e0 Barcelone 1992<\/a>, o\u00f9 l\u2019\u00e9quipage canadien menait \u00e0 mi-chemin dans le parcours, tenant le coup pour remporter la finale olympique la plus serr\u00e9e de l\u2019histoire, par moins d\u2019un pied devant la Roumanie \u2013 avec un \u00e9cart de 0.14 seconde. Aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de Wallace se trouvaient Darren Barber, Andy Crosby, Michael Forgeron Robert Marland, Derek Porter, Michael Rascher, Bruce Robertson et le barreur Terry Paul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Double m\u00e9daill\u00e9 des Championnats du monde et membre du huit qui a talonn\u00e9 l\u2019Allemagne en remportant deux m\u00e9dailles d\u2019argent de suite en 1990 et en 1991, Wallace a commenc\u00e9 l\u2019aviron au Club Leander Boat de Hamilton, en Ontario, en 1983. Ses premi\u00e8res courses internationales majeures ont eu lieu aux Championnats du monde, d\u2019abord en 1985, o\u00f9 il a fini 10e \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9preuve du huit, puis septi\u00e8me du quatre avec barreur en 1986 et cinqui\u00e8me du huit en 1987. Il a atteint la finale du quatre avec barreur des Jeux du Commonwealth en 1986, mais il n\u2019a pas remport\u00e9 de m\u00e9daille.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les d\u00e9buts sportifs de Wallace se sont faits en athl\u00e9tisme, comme coureur du 800 m et 1500 m \u00e0 l\u2019\u00c9cole secondaire Aldershot et membre du Club d\u2019athl\u00e9tisme Legion de Burlington. Il a commenc\u00e9 l\u2019aviron de comp\u00e9tition \u00e0 sa derni\u00e8re ann\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Western Ontario. S\u2019installant \u00e0 Victoria, en Colombie-Britannique, Wallace a \u00e9pous\u00e9 la triple m\u00e9daill\u00e9e olympique en aviron Silken Laumann, qui \u00e9tait l\u2019une des meilleures rameuses canadiennes \u00e0 la fin des ann\u00e9es 1980 et d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1990. Ils ont eu deux enfants qui ont aussi fait de l\u2019aviron. Wallace s\u2019est remari\u00e9, a eu deux autres enfants et a connu une carri\u00e8re comme courtier hypoth\u00e9caire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wallace a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9 au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e olympique du Canada en 1994, au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e des sports de Burlington en 2013 (leur unique m\u00e9daill\u00e9 d\u2019or olympique) et au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e de l\u2019aviron canadien en 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00c0 sa premi\u00e8re exp\u00e9rience olympique, John Wallace a fini sixi\u00e8me en aviron \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9preuve du huit \u00e0 S\u00e9oul 1988. 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