Spokespersons
Chantal Petitclerc
A spokesperson of the Défi sportif AlterGo since 1998, Senator Chantal Petitclerc embodies determination, commitment, and perseverance. Her capacity to overcome obstacles and discipline led her to receive 21 Paralympic medals – including 14 gold medals – throughout her athletic career. She is a source of inspiration for students as well as business leaders. Her conferences on motivation show her desire to promote everyone’s ability to tackle obstacles and follow their dreams. Chantal Peticlerc is a world-class ambassador for the promotion of justice and equality for all. She constantly works to ensure that the rights of people with functional limitations are respected, and that they are able to go beyond their limits and fully develop their potential.
Jean-Marie Lapointe
A spokesperson of the Défi sportif AlterGo since 2002, Jean-Marie Lapointe has motivated hundreds of young athletes with functional limitations. He uses his communication skills to shine a light on disabled people’s potential. Being a talented artist, he knows how to win people’s hearts, an essential factor for changing attitudes. Apart from representing Défi sportif AlterGo, Jean-Marie Lapointe assists youth who struggle with drugs or who have eating disorders. He also works in palliative care with youth and their families. Jean-Marie is also passionately vocal when it comes to making the reality of homeless people be known. He is a dynamic ambassador for social inclusion in all its aspects.
Hugo Girard
Hugo Girard has been a special guest at Défi sportif AlterGo since 2017. He has always been passionate about sports. At a young age, he committed to powerlifting. During his athletic career, he won many titles, including Canadian champion from 1999 to 2004 and North American champion in 2001 and 2002. Hugo continues to promote the benefits of training and excelling oneself by giving conferences throughout Quebec. For many years, he has been the spokesperson for BMR. He is also the host of several TV shows, such as “À vos risques et périls”, “Les Rénos d’Hugo”, and “BBQ Non Stop”.
Nancy Audet
Nancy Audet has been involved with the Défi sportif AlterGo since 2020! After 17 years of working in the newsroom and covering major sporting events, journalist Nancy Audet has decided to make a new move. Driven by a new mission, she used her own life story to raise awareness about the reality of children in the DPJ by writing her first book. A story about resilience, resistance and forgiveness. It is also proof that a helping hand can change a child’s life.
Meeker Guerrier
Host and columnist Meeker Guerrier has been spokesperson for the Défi Sportif AlterGo since 2023! He has been a member of the RDS team since 2020, appearing on programs such as “Le 5 à 7”, “Le basketball de la NBA” and “L’Antichambre”. He also talks weekly on 98.5 FM radio with his Sports and Society column on the shows “Sans réserve” and “Le Québec maintenant”. In addition to being a member of the Noovo team since its creation in 2021, Meeker has been a regular guest on Radio-Canada’s “On va se le dire” for the past 4 years, and appearing weekly in English on TSN 690, CTV and CJAD. Since January 2024, Meeker hosts “L’Émission possible” on Télé-Québec.
Ambassadors
Alison Levine
Alison Levine is an exceptionally accomplished athlete. After getting her start in equestrian sport, then moving on to wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby (which she still describes as her favourite sport), she is now an elite boccia athlete.
Regarded as one of the best in the world, Alison has repeatedly stood out on the international stage. She won gold at the 2023 Boccia World Championships in Santiago, at the 2019 BISFed World Open at the Défi sportif AlterGo, and in pairs with Iulian Ciobanu at the 2022 World Boccia Cup in Montréal. At her third Paralympic Games, in Paris in 2025, she placed 5th in the individual event and 4th in pairs with Ciobanu.
An outstanding ambassador for parasport, Alison received the inaugural Maxime Gagnon Sport and Community Award presented by AlterGo in recognition of her strong commitment to improving access to adaptive sport. Her passion also extends to the Défi sportif AlterGo, which she loves not only for the opportunities to connect with young athletes, but also for the international boccia competitions that are often held there.
Éloic Constantineau
Éloic Constantineau has been playing para ice hockey for four years. His mother discovered adaptive sport thanks to a timely Facebook post, just as standing hockey was becoming a bit too challenging for the young athlete. Éloic immediately connected with this version of his sport and quickly proved his talent.
Now 16, he trains twice a week, plays on many different teams, and regularly takes part in tournaments in Québec, Ontario, and the United States. A true sports enthusiast, he loves the team spirit and competitive edge, as well as the connections para ice hockey has brought him. Through the sport, he has made several friends who also have a physical disability and who help him improve every day.
His best memory at the Défi sportif AlterGo? Winning a gold medal with his team at the para ice hockey tournament.
Chloé Pelland Lambert
School Program and para-athletics
Chloé Pelland Lambert has been taking part in the Défi sportif AlterGo School Program for many years. This year, the young athlete, who has a visual impairment, will compete in athletics events including track, shot put, and standing long jump (no run-up), as well as the mini-marathon. Over the years, she has also tried other sports, including one of her favourites, swimming, where she has won medals.
She especially enjoys the Défi sportif AlterGo for the motivation it gives her to stay active as the event approaches, and for the opening ceremonies.
Now 21, she is preparing to participate in the event for the last time, and she is very happy to take on the challenge of serving as an athlete ambassador for the occasion. Determined, she even introduced herself to the AlterGo team in 2025 to put her name forward for the role.
Carl Marquis
Carl Marquis has decades of experience competing on the national and international stage. After an alpine skiing accident left him paraplegic at age 15, Carl immersed himself in the world of parasport. He first took up para athletics as a wheelchair racer, competing in the Paralympic Games three times and winning a bronze medal in the 4×400 m relay in Atlanta in 1996.
After retiring from para athletics, Carl discovered wheelchair curling and committed himself to the sport, becoming one of its pioneers in Québec. That was about 17 years ago. Today, he captains the Magog team, a multiple medalist at provincial and national championships.
A passionate supporter of the Défi sportif AlterGo, Carl invited the event to host the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship for the first time in 2014. This is also the second time Carl has served as an athlete ambassador for the Défi sportif AlterGo: he can be seen in action on the event’s 2006 poster.
Mélanie Labelle
Since childhood, Mélanie Labelle has tried and played many sports, from swimming and diving to soccer and ultimate frisbee. In 2016, she was devoted to her passion, her “retirement sport,” swing dancing, when a fall left her quadriplegic. During rehabilitation, she discovered wheelchair rugby and, from her very first try, she fell in love, both with the sport and with its community of players, who helped her learn to live with her disability.
Today, 10 years after her accident, Mélanie plays with the CIVA team, the provincial team, and the national team, while also serving as a coach. She has contributed to many victories for her teams, including a second-place finish at the 2023 International Wheelchair Rugby Cup.
Mélanie values every opportunity to compete here in Québec, including at the Défi sportif AlterGo, and she is looking forward to taking part in the very first International Women’s Wheelchair Rugby Tournament ever held in Canada.
