Together with partner Annie Martin, Guylaine Dumont recorded the best ever Olympic result for Canadian women in beach volleyball with a fifth-place finish at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, losing to the Americans Misty May and Kerry Walsh in the quarter-final.
Regarded as one of the top Canadian women’s volleyball players of all-time, Dumont began her career as a member of the Canadian national team in 1985 at just 17 years of age.
From 1990 to 1997, Dumont competed overseas and played professionally in both Italy and Japan.
After playing two seasons of beach volleyball in 1997 and 1998, Dumont retired from competitive volleyball only to make a return to the sport three years later at the 2001 Francophone Games where she won a gold medal.
In 2002, Dumont returned to the sport full-time and began competing alongside Martin in the beach volleyball discipline. She retired from competitive volleyball for a second time following the 2004 Olympic Games.
Dumont is married to 1988 Canadian long track speed skating Olympian, Gregor Jelonek and now, he is the coach of the Canadian long track speed skating team. He was in Torino, Vancouver, Sotchi and PyeongChang as a coach in 2006–2010-2014 and 2018.
Gabrielle Jelonek, her daughter is a speed skater. Now on the canadian Next Gen team. She represented her country at two junior World Championship 1) in Salt Lake city in 2018 and 2) in Pine , Italy in 2019.
Dumont, was part of the creation of Sport'Aide in 2015.
Since 2018, she is an ambassador for good sportsmanship for the Québec government. She promotes Sport'Aide and the values of the sportsmanship like respect, integrity and perseverance.
Dumont is currently a helping relationship therapist specialized in sport and a motivational speaker.
guylaine, dumont, born, october, 1967, saint, Étienne, lauzon, quebec, canadian, female, beach, volleyball, player, lives, saint, antoine, tilly, together, with, partner, annie, martin, recorded, best, ever, olympic, result, canadian, women, beach, volleyball,. Guylaine Dumont born October 9 1967 in Saint Etienne de Lauzon Quebec is a Canadian female beach volleyball player She lives in Saint Antoine de Tilly Together with partner Annie Martin Guylaine Dumont recorded the best ever Olympic result for Canadian women in beach volleyball with a fifth place finish at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens losing to the Americans Misty May and Kerry Walsh in the quarter final Regarded as one of the top Canadian women s volleyball players of all time Dumont began her career as a member of the Canadian national team in 1985 at just 17 years of age From 1990 to 1997 Dumont competed overseas and played professionally in both Italy and Japan After playing two seasons of beach volleyball in 1997 and 1998 Dumont retired from competitive volleyball only to make a return to the sport three years later at the 2001 Francophone Games where she won a gold medal In 2002 Dumont returned to the sport full time and began competing alongside Martin in the beach volleyball discipline She retired from competitive volleyball for a second time following the 2004 Olympic Games Dumont is married to 1988 Canadian long track speed skating Olympian Gregor Jelonek and now he is the coach of the Canadian long track speed skating team He was in Torino Vancouver Sotchi and PyeongChang as a coach in 2006 2010 2014 and 2018 Gabrielle Jelonek her daughter is a speed skater Now on the canadian Next Gen team She represented her country at two junior World Championship 1 in Salt Lake city in 2018 and 2 in Pine Italy in 2019 Dumont was part of the creation of Sport Aide in 2015 Since 2018 she is an ambassador for good sportsmanship for the Quebec government She promotes Sport Aide and the values of the sportsmanship like respect integrity and perseverance Dumont is currently a helping relationship therapist specialized in sport and a motivational speaker Dumont ran for the New Democratic Party in the riding of Levis Lotbiniere in the 2021 Canadian federal election 1 References edit L Ex olympienne Guylaine Dumont candidate pour le NPD dans Levis Lotbiniere 19 August 2021 Official web site for Guylaine Dumont Site is in French only Association of Volleyball Professionals AVP Profile of Guylaine Dumont Sportcom Quebec Profile of Guylaine Dumont nbsp This biographical article relating to volleyball in Canada is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Guylaine Dumont amp oldid 1163943292, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
