British Columbia Modern Pentathlon Association

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Tik Maynard

Tik Maynard has been competing in Modern Pentathlon since 2002. He was on the Junior National Team and attended Junior World Championships in Athens, Greece in 2003. He has been on the Senior National Team for five years, and has competed at two World Championships, and the 2007 Pan-American Games in Rio, Brazil. Maynard has been Junior National Champion once, and has won gold at the National Championships twice.

Like most Canadian Modern Pentathletes, Tik Maynard heard about the sport through Pony Club. While in Pony Club Maynard competed in Tetrathlon, show jumping, Prince Philip Games, and passed his 'A' test.

In 2008 Tik Maynard's quest to make the Olympic Team was cut short by a broken clavicle while competing at a World Cup in Mexico. Currently he is taking a year away from pentathlon and is working in the equestrian field, first in Germany and then in the USA. Click here to contact him! 



 

Clubs and Coaches
a.. Fencing - Dynamo Fencing Club, Richmond, B.C. Coached by Victor Gansevich
b.. Swimming - Started with Coach Jonathan Gilman. Also UBC Dolphins, and Langley Olympians.
c.. Shooting - Richmond Rod and Gun Club.
d.. Running - Started with UBC Track Club. Currently with the Roads and Runners Racing Club, out of Vancouver. Coached by Mike Moon.
e.. Riding - "You can't ask for better coaches than your parents!". Jen and Rick Maynard have coached their son since he could walk.
f.. Modern Pentathlon - Philipp Waeffler.

While maintaining a full training program, Tik finished his Bachelor of Arts, with a major in history, from UBC in 2004.  Currently he is working in Vancouver and is looking to travel to Europe again this year in order to train with National team coach Philipp Waeffler, in Switzerland, and to compete in Portugal and England. Canadian Results: 2007 BC Provincials 1st. 2004 Summer Nationals – 2nd Overall 2003 Summer Nationals – 2nd Overall –1st Junior 2002 Summer Nationals – 5th Overall –2nd Junior 

Tik Maynard receives honour with Top BC Athletes of 2005-2006

PREMIER HONOURS TOP B.C. ATHLETES OF 2005/06

VANCOUVER – Premier Gordon Campbell paid tribute to 80 top B.C. athletes representing 42 sport disciplines at the 2007 Premier’s Athletic Awards.

“It takes extraordinary commitment, discipline, and talent to reach provincial and national levels of competition,” said Campbell . “It’s exciting to think that some of the athletes we’re honouring today will go on to represent British Columbia and Canada in 2010 and at future Olympic and Paralympic Games. I congratulate each and every one of them and wish them every success as they reach for their highest level of athletic achievement.”

The Premier’s Athletic Awards recognize top female and male athletes in each of the sports

participating in the 2005/06 BC Athlete Assistance Program. These awards honour athletes who, through

their commitment to hard work and excellence, have left their mark on sport in B.C.

“Our athletes rely on the co-ordinated support of government, provincial sport organizations,

coaches, volunteers, families and friends to help them reach their highest potential,” said Tourism, Sport

and the Arts Minister Stan Hagen. “Our government’s recent doubling of the BC Athlete Assistance

Program to $1.4 million, together with other programs such as Own the Podium and Road to Excellence,

are tangible supports B.C.’s athletes can count on as they strive to reach their goals.”

On Jan. 31, government announced it has doubled funding to the BC Athlete Assistance Program (BCAAP), from $700,000 to $1.4 million annually. The BCAAP is an athlete-centred program of financial assistance funded by the Ministry of Tourism, Sport and the Arts. It seeks to recognize and support highperformance athletes striving to represent British Columbia , their post-secondary institutions and Canada in athletic competition.

Athletes who have previously received funding through the BC Athlete Assistance Program include Carey Price (MVP, 2007 IIHF World Junior Ice Hockey Championship), Daniel Igali (Olympic goldmedalist wrestler), Paul Gauthier (Paralympic medallist, Boccia), and Dianne Cummins (Olympian, Athletics).

A commemorative plaque with each athlete’s photograph and list of achievements will be displayed

 

 
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