Mathieu Turgeon

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Olympic medal record
Men's gymnastics
Bronze 2000 Sydney Trampoline

Mathieu Turgeon (born August 2, 1979 in Pointe-Claire, Quebec) is a Canadian trampoline gymnast. He unexpectedly won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in individual trampoline and qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics but failed to make the final. He is noted for performing very difficult routines. Turgeon effectively retired from the sport in 2007 to pursue a career in chiropractic. On December 22 2007, he married his fellow-Olympian and former training partner Karen Cockburn.