Boxing Canada’s Director of High Performance Daniel Trépanier finally resigned on Sunday, a few days after the publication of an open letter in which his practices were decried by a hundred athletes, coaches and community stakeholders. amateur boxing.
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The organization made the announcement in a press release.
“The Boxing Canada Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of Daniel Trépanier as High Performance Director. His resignation takes effect immediately. Therefore, Boxing Canada will be entering into discussions with provincial sport organizations over the next few weeks to form a search committee that will guide the process of hiring a new High Performance Director,” reads the missive. .
The open letter demanded the immediate departure of Trépanier. The document lifted the veil on a toxic and fearful culture that is present at Boxing Canada. In addition, some national team boxers were allegedly victims of physical and psychological abuse.
Trépanier had been in office for 14 years. Under his leadership, the Maple Leaf won no Olympic medals and results in international competitions were starving.