Media advisory/Photo opportunity - Replacement medals for Paralympic champion swimmer - Canadian Paralympic Committee to return medals to swimmer Benoit Huot in special ceremony

MONTREAL, March 2, 2015 /CNW/ - On July 26, 2014, Benoit Huot's home was robbed. Among the items taken were seven medals – three earned at the Paralympic Games, three from the Parapan American Games and one from the Commonwealth Games. Those medals, what Huot calls "a lifetime's investment," have never been found.

The Canadian Paralympic Committee and the Commonwealth Games Association have taken the necessary steps for the medals be replaced. In a special ceremony, legendary wheelchair racer Chantal Petitclerc will return the medals that were so valuable and meaningful to Huot.

On March 9, the media is invited to attend this short ceremony which will take place at l'Ecole secondaire Joseph Charbonneau in Montreal, a specialized school for students with a motor disability.

WHO	Benoit Huot, swimmer and multi-medallist at the Paralympic Games Chantal Petitclerc, multiple Paralympic Games medallist in athletics Students at l'Ecole secondaire Joseph Charbonneau
WHEN	Monday march 9, 2015
	10:30am
WHERE	École secondaire Joseph Charbonneau 8200 Rousselot, Joseph Charbonneau's pool entrance Montréal, QC    H2E 1Z6

SOURCE Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC)

Camille Asselin, [email protected], O. [phone], C. [phone]; Marie-Annick L'Allier, [email protected], O. [phone], C. [phone]