The PRO ATHLETE team
Elyse Jobin
Creator and owner of PRO ATHLETE, I am passionate about sports, health and well-being. My background as an athlete and professional career as a physiotherapist inspired me to have a positive impact on athlete’s health and performance in the short and long term and to contribute in fulfilling their passion in sport.
Professional career:
- Physiotherapist and owner: PRO ATHLETE physiotherapy (2021-present)
- Physiotherapist at PCN Physiothérapie et Médecine du sport, Québec City, QC, Canada (2014-2021)
- Physiotherapist of the Junior Women’s National basketball team (2015-present)
- FIBA Americas Valdivia, Chile 2016
- FIBA U19 World Cup Udine, Italy 2017
- FIBA Americas Mexico City, Mexico 2018
- FIBA U19 World Cup Bangkok, Thailand 2019
- FIBA U18 Americas Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2022
- Masters of Physical Therapy, Université Laval, 2013
Basketball athletic career:
- University: Rouge et Or de l’Université Laval, 2008-2013
- Canadian Junior Women’s national team
- FIBA Americas Buenos Aires, Argentina 2008
- FIBA U19 World Cup Bangkok, Thailand 2009
- Canadian development women’s national team
- Universiade Shenzhen, China 2011
Other:
- Hometown: Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
- Current city: Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Bilingual: French, English
Participants
Athletes
Sarah-Jane Marois: Former Rouge et Or (2014-2019) and CÉGEP Sainte-Foy (2011-2014) basketball athlete
- RSEQ and USport Athlete of the year 2018-2019
- RSEQ and USport 1st team all-star 2018-2019
- Athlete of the year Rouge et Or de l'Université Laval and RSEQ 2018-2019
- Academic All-Canadian CÉGEP and University, 2011 to 2019
- Member of the Canadian national team programs: Development team 2019 (Universiades, Naples, Italy), Junior (2012, 2013)
- RSEQ's Determination, courage and perseverance award 2016
Jane Gagné: Former Rouge et Or (2014-2019) and CÉGEP Sainte-Foy (2011-2014) basketball athlete
- USport 1st team all-star 2017
- RSEQ Athlete of the year 2017
- RSEQ's Determination, courage and perseverance award 2017
- RSEQ Rookie of the year and USport all-rookie team 2014
Yve Nsanzinshuti: College Champlain St-Lambert basketball athlete; Former école secondaire Jean-de-Brébeuf athlete (2014-2019)
- RSEQ All-Star 2018-2019
- Student-athlete who demonstrated perseverance in academics and sports RSEQ 2018-2019
- Team Québec U17 2017-2018 (silver medalist at national championships)
Yannice Nlend: Vanier college athlete; Former école secondaire Jean-de-Brébeuf basketball athlete 2014-2019
- RSEQ league MVP in his respective category (2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019)
- RSEQ All-Star in his category (2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019)
- Team Québec U17 2017-2018 (silver medalist at national championships)
- Omar Migues, Collège de Brébeuf
- Rosalie Mercille, junior women's national team 2021, Development and 3x3 national teams 2022, CÉGEP St-Jean-sur-Richelieu
- Aïcha Dia, junior women's national team 2021, Penn State University women's basketball 2022
- Christine Geraldo, CÉGEP Dawson
- Kaleel Sutton-White, St-Laurent High School
- Louis Daoust, Vanier College
Professionals
- Jessica Mongrain: Dietician certified in sports nutrition
- Centre Elite Factor
Acknowledgements
Sincere thank yous to the people and establishments who made this project happen:
- Séminaire Saint-François High School (Particularly Marie-Pascale Nadeau and David Levasseur)
- École Secondaire St-Laurent (Isabelle Chiasson)
- PEPS de l'Université Laval (Particularly Linda Marquis)
- Jean-Philippe Bessette (http://jpbessette.com)
- Productions Nücom (Particularly Vincent Roy, http://productionsnucom.ca)
- Anthony Cardeau, Game point
- Franck Ahyi-Sena, ByFar Basketball
- Atelier 480 (https://atelier480.com/)
- CFP Maurice-Barbeau (Particularly Frédéric Potvin and Jean-François Roy)
- Olivier LaHaye (https://flickr.com/photos/olivierlahaye)
- Connor Jay
- Jobin family