REGION. The Desjardins Sport-Hommage Gala rewarded the athletes, coaches, officials and volunteers who particularly stood out in 2025. At the end of the evening, Florence Brunelle and Mathias Guillemette left with the trophy rewarding the outstanding female and male athletes of international level.
The year 2025 is one of preparation for the 2026 Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina for Florence Brunelle. And the results were there for the short track speed skater. In February 2025, she climbed to the top of the podium for the first time at the World Cup in the Netherlands in the 500m event. Florence and her teammates notably won gold in the 3000m relay last October on the World Tour circuit. On a regional level, the Trifluvienne was named ambassador of the Quebec Games in Trois-Rivières, highlighting her inspiring journey and her message of acceptance and perseverance.
For his part, cyclist Mathias Guillemette made a spectacular leap towards road cycling in 2025. The numbers speak for themselves: two victories and around fifty days of racing, much more than he hoped to obtain during the year. He notably won the Canadian criterium title and he was then able to win for the first time on the roads of Europe as part of the second stage of the Tour d’Alsace.
Winners
- International-level female athlete: Florence Brunelle (speed skating)
- National-level female athlete – team sport: Alice Boivin (volleyball)
- National level female athlete – individual sport: Marie-Frédérique Poulin (athletics)
- Quebec-level female athlete – team sport: Loralie Laberge (soccer)
- Quebec-level female athlete – individual sport: Camille Brouillard (swimming)
- International male athlete: Mathias Guillemette (road and track cycling)
- National-level male athlete – team sport: Conor Frenette (hockey)
- National-level male athlete – individual sport: Xavier Brouillette (judo)
- Quebec-level male athlete – team sport: Frédéric Bergeron (hockey)
- Quebec-level male athlete – individual sport: William Samson (speed skating)
- Athlete with a disability: Mélissa-Mélodie Boutin (soccer)
- Senior international athlete: Sylvie Béland (Ironman)
- Regional senior athlete: Lucie Bergeron (trail running)
- Discovery athlete: Charles Denis (mountain bike and road bike)
- Coach par excellence: Jacob Landry (judo)
- Development coach: Olivier Vigeant (cheerleading)
- Discovery coach: Marie-Pierre Gnassounou-Akpah (rugby)
- Team of excellence: Patriotes de l’UQTR – men’s soccer
- Minor team: SSM – D2 men’s juvenile basketball
- Official par excellence: Carole Lavoie (canoe-kayak)
- Next-generation official: Emma Gagnon (flag football), Megan Guyon (basketball) and William Lefebvre (basketball)
- Volunteer: Dr François Parent and Dr Caroline Poulin (Multisports)
- Regional/interregional/provincial event: Organizing committee of the 59th Final of the Quebec Games – Trois-Rivières 2025
- Favorite: Élodie Desmarais and Les Maralga
