Nicolas Gill

Nicolas Gill
Gill in 2018
Personal information
Born (1972-04-24) 24 April 1972
Montreal, Quebec
OccupationJudoka
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight105 kg (231 lb) (2004)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportJudo
Weight class–86 kg, –100 kg
Rank     7th dan black belt
ClubShidokan
Coached byHiroshi Nakamura
Now coachingAntoine Valois-Fortier
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games (2000)
World Champ. (1993)
Pan American Champ. (1990, 1998, 2002)
Commonwealth Games (2002)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney100 kg
1992 Barcelona86 kg
World Championships
1993 Hamilton86 kg
1995 Chiba86 kg
1999 Birmingham100 kg
Pan American Games
1995 Mara del Plata86 kg
1999 Winnipeg100 kg
2003 Santo Domingo100 kg
Pan American Championships
1990 Caracas86 kg
1998 Santo Domingo100 kg
2002 Santo Domingo100 kg
1994 Santiago86 kg
World Juniors Championships
1992 Buenos Aires86 kg
Commonwealth Games
2002 Manchester100 kg
Jeux de la Francophonie
2001 Gatineau100 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF132
JudoInside.com801
Updated on 31 May 2023

Nicolas Gill (born 24 April 1972 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian judoka who competed at four consecutive Olympic Games. He is a two-time Olympic medalist, receiving a bronze in the middleweight (86 kg) division at his inaugural Olympiad in Barcelona. He received a silver medal in the men's half-heavyweight (100 kg) division at the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics.

Gill was honored by his teammates as Canada's flag bearer in the opening ceremony at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. A mild controversy developed after it was revealed that Gill had made comments in favour of Quebec separatism, and had voted 'yes' in the 1995 Quebec referendum. Gill went on the lose his opening match which eliminated him from the tournament.

In 2007, he received the prix reconnaissance from UQAM as a TÉLUQ student.

He has since become a coach; one of his athletes, Antoine Valois-Fortier, won a bronze medal at the 2012 London Summer Olympics.

Nicolas Gill is an Order of Sport recipient and was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.