The man who managed with masterful skill the last crisis of the Canadian soccer delegation at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Éric Myles, accepted the title of honorary president of the next induction ceremony into the Sports Hall of Fame of Mauricie (TRSM). The latter will take place this Saturday, at the Complexe Laviolette in Trois-Rivières.
It is in the company of the president of the TRSM, René Marcil, that Éric Myles, head of sport at the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), will be visiting to proceed with the induction of four new sports personalities from the region, in These include Mark Beggs, paralympian in hand cycling, Luc Briand, international official in judo, Jacques Moffatt, former administrator of the Student Sports Network in Quebec, and Marie-Ève Nault, Olympian in soccer.
Well known in Mauricie for his performances as a high-level athlete in speed kayaking and his involvement as assistant director and supervisor of sports-study programs at the Commission scolaire du Chemin-du-Roy, Éric Myles continued his career at joined the Canadian Olympic Committee in 2014 and rose through the ranks to become Chief of Sport. The latter was also co-founder and president of the Alphonse-Desjardins Sports Complex, then co-founder and general director of Québec en forme,
In 2014, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Académie Les Estacades, in addition to receiving a Pythagore Prize from UQTR, in 2016, for his international and Canadian contribution to health and sport. Then in 2021, he became a member of the Mauricie Sports Hall of Fame.
