Nicolas-Guy Turbide (born January 12, 1997) is a Canadian

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who has

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. He is a two-time

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medallist, a

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champion, a triple Parapan American Games champion and a World silver medallist in the 100m

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Career

Turbide was named Male Para Swimmer of the Year by

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in 2016 and 2018 and was named co-winner in 2019. He was awarded the Medal of the National Assembly by the

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in 2016. Named to the Canadian team for the

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, Turbide won gold in the 50 m freestyle S13 on the second day of competition, setting a new

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and

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record of 24.32 seconds. He said he "executed the race plan exactly the way I wanted to."

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Turbide, Nicolas-Guy 1997 births Living people Paralympic swimmers for Canada Swimmers from Quebec City Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Paralympic medalists in swimming Paralympic silver medalists for Canada Paralympic bronze medalists for Canada Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games Canadian male backstroke swimmers Canadian male freestyle swimmers Canadian male butterfly swimmers Canadian male medley swimmers S13-classified para swimmers Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games