Michael Joseph "Mike" Forgeron (born 24 January 1966, in

Main-à-Dieu Main-à-Dieu (population 242) is a community located in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality. It is the most easterly community in Nova Scotia. It is a fishing village, the homeport for a large lobster Lobsters are a family (b ...

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) is a rower from

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. He competed at two consecutive

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, starting in 1992. At his debut, he was a member of the team that won the gold medal in the Men's Eights (3 seat) making Forgeron the first Olympic Gold Medalist in Atlantic Canada. In the

1996 Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, he competed in the Men's Double Sculls. Forgeron was also in the

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in a coxed pair straight six (stroke) earning a bronze medal along with a pair earning a silver medal.

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* * * 1966 births Living people Canadian male rowers Olympic rowers for Canada Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Nova Scotia Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in rowing Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Rowers at the 1991 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games {{Canada-Olympic-medalist-stub