Background
Bédard was born in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Québec and started cross-country skiing as a child.
Bédard was born in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Québec and started cross-country skiing as a child.
At the age of fourteen he changed to biathlon. His role-model is Olympic gold medalist Myriam Bédard. Since 2004 he has started in European races regularly.
He competes in the European Cup and in European continental championships.
His first appearance was in a relay event, the first race as a single starter was in 2006. Still in cadet"s age he also competed at the Junior World Championships in 2004, 2005 and 2007, winning two silver and a bronze medal with the Canadian relay team with teammates Jean-Philippe Leguellec and François Leboeuf as well as Maxime Leboeuf, Brendan Green and Yannick Letailleur respectively.
In 2006 Bédard finished third in the North-American championships in the pursuit event. He is confirmed to go to the Olympics Games of Vancouver in 2010.
lieutenant"s going to be his first presence at the Olympic Games.
He will be on the Canadian team