Congratulation to Alicia Fiandor of Naniamo Judo Club! Alicia captured 2 bronze medals at the 2016 Cadet Pan American Championships in Cordoba, Argentina this past weekend. Canadian Judoka were awarded 11 medals on day one of the competition, including Alicia’s bronze in the -63kg division. Alicia has had a great season winning Gold medals at both the Elite Nationals in January and the Open National Championships in May. It has also been a busy year as she was selected to represent Judo Canada 4 times over the past 5 months including one trip to Germany, two to Portugal for a European Cup Competitions, and this most recent trip to Argentina.
“It’s been a great day for our country,” rejoiced national junior and cadet coach, Jean-Pierre Cantin, very satisfied with his team’s performance.