WINNIPEG, December 12, 2021 – Team Canada is coming home from the Junior World Championships in Guatemala with three bronze medals. This is the first world championship medal for each of the athletes who reached the podium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nathan Jauvin (Terrebonne, Qu\u00e9bec) and Christian Pocsai (New Hamburg, Ontario) won bronze in the 18 & U Boy\u2019s Doubles event. Jauvin and Pocsai worked well together on the court throughout the tournament and upset one of the higher seeded teams to advance in the medal round. This is Jauvin\u2019s fourth World Championships and Pocsai\u2019s third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The other two bronze medals came in the 14 & U age category. Canada\u2019s young athletes managed to adapt to playing at the international level quickly. Rapha\u00ebl Guillemette (Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Qu\u00e9bec) and Asher Pocsai (New Hamburg, Ontario) won bronze in 14 & U Boy\u2019s Doubles. This was Pocsai\u2019s second appearance at the World Championships and Guillemette\u2019s first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chlo\u00e9 Jauvin, (Terrebonne, Qu\u00e9bec) who was also competing in her first Junior World Championship event, won bronze in 14 & U Girl\u2019s Singles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The tournament took place in Guatemala City, Guatemala from December 3 to 11, 2021. Eight athletes represented Canada at the Junior World Championships with most athletes competing in both singles and doubles events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The team was coached by Michel Gagnon (Longueuil, Qu\u00e9bec), Rino Langelier (Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec) and Evan Pritchard (Winnipeg, Manitoba).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you missed seeing Canada in action, visit our Facebook page for links to some of Team Canada\u2019s matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n