Maryse Turcotte (born February 23, 1975 in

Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( ; ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional count ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

) is a retired female

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...

from

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

, who competed twice for her native country at the

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

: 2000 and 2004. A two-time gold medallist at the

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

she won a gold medal in the women's – 53 kg division at the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...

Manitoba Manitoba ( ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population o ...

. She currently works as a

physician A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...

. Her sister,

Karine Turcotte Karine Turcotte (born 28 August 1978) is a Canadian weightlifter. Turcotte competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games where she won silver medals in the 48kg snatch, 48kg clean and jerk and 48kg total events. She also competed at the 2001 World We ...

, is also a weightlifter.

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1975 births Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada French Quebecers Living people Olympic weightlifters of Canada Sportspeople from Sherbrooke Weightlifters at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Weightlifters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Weightlifters at the 1999 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canadian female weightlifters Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games 20th-century Canadian women 21st-century Canadian women {{Canada-weightlifting-bio-stub