Monica Pinette

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Finished 27th at the 2008 Olympic Games
  • Silver medallist at the 2007 Pan American Games, qualifying her for a berth in the 2008 Olympic Games
  • Finished 13th at the 2004 Olympic Games – the highest a Canadian pentathlete has ever finished in the Olympic Games, male or female
  • She and teammate Kara Grant were the first Canadian women ever to compete in the Olympic Games in 2004
  • She was the lone Canadian Aboriginal athlete competing in the 2004 Olympic Games
  • Coached by her husband Philipp Waeffler, a 1996 modern pentathlon Olympian who represented Switzerland

Olympic Highlights

Games Sport Event Finish
2004 Athens Modern PentathlonIndividual - Women13
2008 Beijing Modern PentathlonIndividual - Women27