Valérie Grand’Maison’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Paralympic swimmer of Canada
Is Athlete 
Swimmer 
From Canada 
Type Sports 
Gender female
Birth 12 October 1988, Sherbrooke, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
Age: 31 years
Stats
Height: 164
Weight: 64

Valérie Grand’Maison (born October 12, 1988) is a Canadian swimmer. Over two Summer Paralympic Games she won a total of six medals setting multiple world records in Paralympic swimming.

Biography

Valérie Grand’Maison is the daughter of François Grand’Maison, the director of neurology at the Clinique Neuro Rive-Sud, in Montérégie. Valérie started swimming at the age of seven years and started to compete competitively at the age of nine years with the swimming club CAMO of Montréal.

Valérie Grand’Maison developed a condition that degrades the vision of the eyes called mascular degeneration at the age of 12. By the time she was 15 she lost most of her vision in both eyes. Pierre Lamy, her swimming coach in her club CAMO, suggested that she get classified as an athlete who is handicapped.

At the 2005 Canada Games in Regina she qualified to be part of the Canadian Handicapped Swimming Team. She then participated at the Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne, Australia. In 2006 at the National Swimming Paralympic Championships in South Africa, she won seven medals with five of them being gold. She also established a new record for the 100 Metre free. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics Grand’Maison won six medals, with three of them being gold. One gold was for the 100 Metre Butterfly, another for the 100 Metre Free and the last for the 400 Metre Free. In addition she broke two world records.

In 2010 a right shoulder injury put her career on hold. Grand’Maison changed her swimming schedule to accommodate the injury. She currently is a member of the McGill University’s Marlets and trains with her new coach, Peter Carpenter.

In 2011, at the Pan-Pacific Championships in Edmonton, Grand’Maison raced the 200 m individual medley and won the gold medal. She also added three silver medals and one bronze to her collection. Grand’Maison finished second in the 50 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle and 100 m breaststroke. In addition, she won third place in the 100 m butterfly and fifth in the 100 m freestyle.

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, Grand’Maison participated in the 50 m and 100 m freestyle, 100 m breakstroke and 200 m individual medley events. She won silver medals in the 50 m and 100 m freestyle (S13) and a gold medal in the 200 m medley, setting a world record.

Personal life

Grand’Maison is currently in her fourth year at McGill University majoring in psychology and minoring in history with the goal of pursuing a master’s degree. She currently trains with the McGill Swimming Team, The McGill Martlets. In addition to swimming she enjoys music, literature and cinema.

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