JP Le Guellec
Calgary, Alberta (January 13, 2010) – In exactly one month, GEDCO’s employees will be keeping a close eye on the 2010 Winter Games as its sponsored athlete –
Jean-Philippe Le Guellec – and two of its staff –
John Peirce and
Marie-Hélène Thibeault – will be involved in this grandiose international sporting event taking place from February 12 to 28 in Vancouver (BC).
Jean-Philippe (JP) Le Guellec, who has been sponsored by GEDCO since 2007, will be leading the Canadian delegation in the Biathlon events at the Games. Biathlon is a high intensity endurance sport consisting of cross-country skiing combined with precision shooting.
JP competed in the Turin Games in 2006 and scored a 61st in the 10-kilometre sprint and 48th in the 20-kilometre individual. In the past three World Cup seasons, he has slowly and steadily climbed the ranks, from an average finish of 77th in the 2006-07 campaign to 32nd in 2008-09. This year, JP kicked off the 2009-2010 racing season with a 10th and 12th place results on the World Cup in Sweden.
“JP is a high energy individual, who excels in his chosen sport,” said Andreas Cordsen, President & CEO of GEDCO. “His recent successes is representative of his dedication to perform better all the time and in each race. This makes him a fantastic role model for many Canadians and of course also for the GEDCO employees. We too utilize effective tactics in our daily work so that we can strive to improve our product and service delivery to our clients. We wish JP a most successful 2010 Vancouver Olympics,” he concluded.
John Peirce, who founded GEDCO in 1990 with colleague Andreas Cordsen – will also be at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the capacity of Chief of Transponders for the Cross Country and Nordic Combined events. John, who began volunteering as a member of the Cross-Country timing crew in Canmore, Alberta in 2004, has since held multiple roles on timing crew and developed a specialty in running the photo finish camera for events below the World Cup level. In preparation for his participation at the Games, John worked on two Cross-Country World Cups in Canmore as well as one World Cup and Canadian Nationals at Whistler Olympic Park (Callaghan Valley) – site of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
“I hope to experience the same good feeling buzz that existed in Calgary in 1988,” said John who recently retired from a prolific career in geophysics. “This time, it will be as a volunteer and close to the skiers which will be amazing. My technical background and attention to detail should be quite useful in this high-pressure environment,” he added.
Marie-Hélène(M&H) Thibeault, who has worked at GEDCO as Marketing Manager since 2006, will be assuming the role of Media Workroom Supervisor at the Alpine Skiing venue in Whistler for the duration of the Games. As an ex-member of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team and a past employee of Alpine Canada Alpin, M&H will be taking part in her second Olympics after having worked as Media Attaché for the Alpine Ski Team at the 2006 Games in Torino.
“It will be amazing to be part of the Olympic movement but this time in my home country,” declared M&H. “I never had the opportunity to compete in the Olympics as an athlete. Nonetheless, each chance I get to make a small contribution to the success of the Games is very rewarding.”
To view a short clip (in French) about JP, visit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBHMMi_CBD0 For more information about the Games, visit
http://www.vancouver2010.com/
