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En 2012, il a gagn\u00e9 une m\u00e9daille d\u2019or au concours individuel des Championnats panam\u00e9ricains pour enfin terminer la saison 2011-2012 au 23e rang, r\u00e9alisant ainsi un sommet en carri\u00e8re.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph a connu une p\u00e9riode difficile quand une commotion c\u00e9r\u00e9brale l\u2019a tenu \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cart de la comp\u00e9tition pendant presque un an. Selon ce qu\u2019il qualifie de \u00ab petit miracle \u00bb, il s\u2019est remis juste \u00e0 temps pour le d\u00e9but du processus de qualification olympique en avril 2015. Il a aussi r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 participer aux Jeux panam\u00e9ricains de 2015 \u00e0 Toronto o\u00f9 il a d\u00e9croch\u00e9 deux m\u00e9dailles d\u2019argent.<\/p>\n<p>Polossifakis a surmont\u00e9 des blessures au dos et des ligaments d\u00e9chir\u00e9s \u00e0 la cheville et au m\u00e9nisque avant de participer \u00e0 ses premiers Jeux olympiques \u00e0 Rio en 2016, o\u00f9 il a pris le 23e rang de l\u2019\u00e9preuve individuelle.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00c0 propos de Joseph<\/h2>\n<p><strong>D\u00e9buts :<\/strong> Il s\u2019est initi\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019escrime \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 12 ans&#8230; Il a eu la chance de se joindre \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9quipe de son \u00e9cole, m\u00eame s\u2019il a rat\u00e9 une course obligatoire d\u2019un mille parce qu\u2019un de ses cours a fini trop tard. Il doutait de pouvoir finir la course parce qu\u2019il \u00e9tait \u00ab un peu grassouillet \u00bb. Personne ne lui a toutefois demand\u00e9 de la reprendre\u2026 Il voulait repr\u00e9senter le Canada depuis qu\u2019il a vu un membre de son club d\u2019escrime en comp\u00e9tition aux Jeux olympiques de 2004 \u00e0 Ath\u00e8nes, faisant ainsi du r\u00eave une possibilit\u00e9&#8230; <strong>Autres int\u00e9r\u00eats :<\/strong> Il a obtenu un baccalaur\u00e9at en commerce de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 McGill en 2014&#8230; Il aime l\u2019UFC pour la force physique et mentale des athl\u00e8tes\u2026 Il aime l\u2019humour, jouer au poker et \u00e0 des jeux de soci\u00e9t\u00e9 (un passe-temps d\u00e9couvert \u00e0 la suite de sa commotion c\u00e9r\u00e9brale), lire des biographies et des romans policiers&#8230; Il adore le cin\u00e9ma et son r\u00eave d\u2019enfance \u00e9tait de devenir acteur d\u2019Hollywood. <strong>De tout et de rien :<\/strong> Sa citation favorite : \u00ab La plus importante distinction dans la vie est d\u2019arriver \u00e0 distinguer une occasion \u00e0 saisir et une tentation \u00e0 laquelle r\u00e9sister. \u00bb&#8230; La veille d\u2019une comp\u00e9tition, il s\u2019imagine toujours en train de l\u2019emporter sur ses adversaires\u2026 Il ne part jamais en voyage sans casque d\u2019\u00e9coute \u00e0 r\u00e9duction de bruits\u2026 On le surnomme Polo\u2026 Il ne croit pas aux objets porte-bonheur, car il aurait trop peur de les \u00e9garer, ce qui l\u2019am\u00e8nerait \u00e0 penser qu\u2019un malheur l\u2019attendrait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Polossifakis repr\u00e9sentera \u00c9quipe Canada en escrime \u00e0 Lima 2019. \u00c0 ses premiers Jeux olympiques, \u00e0 Rio en 2016, il a pris le 23e rang de l\u2019\u00e9preuve individuelle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":115208,"template":"","tags":[415984499,1104411,40783077,362729617,415987822,332993,713425,415983104,20292794],"hof-categories":[],"year-inducted":[],"gender":[23319],"season":[415983968],"sport":[5515721],"game":[415988487,415984561,334881982],"team":[415988518,415983081,415982978],"event":[181823464,181823472],"province":[415983157],"class_list":["post-26847","athletes","type-athletes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-commission-des-athletes","tag-equipe-canada","tag-escrime-2","tag-joseph-polossifakis","tag-lima-2019","tag-rio","tag-rio-2016","tag-rio-2016-escrime","tag-toronto-2015","gender-feminin","season-ete","sport-escrime","game-lima-2019","game-2016-rio","game-2015-toronto","team-lima-2019-escrime","team-rio-2016-escrime","team-toronto-2015-escrime","event-sabre-individuel-hommes","event-sabre-par-equipes-hommes","province-quebec"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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