INS QUÉBEC ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF ALAIN DELORME AS LEAD STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING

Montréal, April 29, 2020 – Roger Archambault, Vice-President, Performance Services at the Institut national du sport du Québec (INS Québec), is pleased to announce the appointment of Alain Delorme as Lead Strength and Conditioning. Contributing to the physical preparation of athletes and the support of coaches and sports organizations for more than 30 years, Mr. Delorme will be in a full-time position as of July 6 and will act as a consultant to INS Québec until then. Working in close collaboration with the high-performance training groups, he will coordinate the work of a team of six physical trainers who work directly with athletes.

A graduate in physical education from McGill University, Alain Delorme has contributed to the physical preparation of numerous athletes and regional, national and international sports programs, particularly in winter sports (alpine skiing, short track speed skating, figure skating and women’s hockey) and aquatic sports (water polo, swimming, diving and artistic swimming). He was also a member of applied research teams in chronic pain and participated in health intervention groups specializing in gradual return to stress after a head trauma and orthopedic injuries.

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By focusing on science, innovation and technology, INS Québec represents the “ingenuity behind the performance” by offering cutting-edge solutions driven by a team of experts and partners to push each of our athletes to their limits. INS Québec supports more than 550 high-level athletes (mainly members of Canadian teams), around 2000 next-generation athletes and some 900 coaches by providing scientific, medical and professional services. As a member of the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Sport Institute Network, INS Québec is active across Quebec thanks to its network of 8 regional multi-sport training centres, 17 single-sport training centres and its Olympic Park Complex, which is home to 10 high-performance training groups.

INS Québec receives support from the Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur, Sport Canada, Own the Podium, the Canadian Olympic Committee, the Canadian Olympic Foundation, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and the Coaching Association of Canada, as well as from private partners, such as CISCO, Bell and Sports Experts.