Vincent Gagnon

Vincent Gagnon (born September 5, 1981) is a Canadian retired racquetball player from Montreal.

Gagnon won five Canadian Championships: four doubles titles and one singles.

The first was in Boy's U16 Singles in 1998, and then in Boy's U18 Doubles with Jean-Philippe Morin in 1999, and finally in Boy's U18 Singles in 2000, which was his last year of juniors.

Gagnon won the National Team Doubles Selection Event in 2001 with Francis Guillemette by defeating Kris Odegard and Ryan Powell in the final.

The win qualified them to play on Team Canada for the 2001 Pan American Championships, which was the first appearances on the team for both of them.

The 2001 Pan Am Championships were in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, where Gagnon and Guillemette earned bronze medals.

Gagnon and Francis Guillemette finished 5th at the 2002 National Team Doubles Selection Event in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, as they lost to Mike Ceresia and Corey Osborne in the quarterfinals.

Gagnon and Francis Guillemette finished 4th at the 2003 National Team Doubles Selection Event in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where they lost to Corey Osborne and François Viens in the semi-finals, and then dropped the 3rd place match versus Mike Green and Tom O’Brien.

Gagnon lost in the quarterfinals of Men's Singles to Corey Osborne, 8–15, 15–12, 11–8, at the 2003 Canadian Championships in Vancouver.

In Men's Doubles, Gagnon and Francis Guillemette lost in the semi-finals to Mike Ceresia and Brian Istace, 15–13, 17–15.

They finished 3rd as Mike Green and Tom O’Brien defaulted the 3rd place match.

Gagnon's 2nd Team Canada appearance was at the 2003 Pan Am Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where Gagnon was a bronze medalist in Men's Singles, losing to American Jack Huczek, 15–7, 15–7, in the semi-finals.

Gagnon and Francis Guillemette finished 7th at the 2004 National Team Doubles Selection Event in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, as they lost in the quarterfinals to Mike McPhee and Bill Shepley, 13–15, 15–9, 11–6.

At the 2004 Nationals in Burlington, Ontario, Gagnon and Francis Guillemette were seeded 4th but were upset by Eric Desrochers and Tim Landeryou, 15–14, 15–2, in the quarterfinals.

In the 2004–05 season, Gagnon began playing doubles with François Viens.

At the 2005 Canadian Championships in Regina, Saskatchewan Gagnon lost in the singles quarterfinals to Kris Odegard, 13–15, 15–3, 11–1.

In doubles, Gagnon and François Viens reached the final by beating Odegard and Ryan Powell, 15–8, 15–6, in the semi-finals.

But they lost the final against Mike Green and Brian Istace, 15–6, 15–5.

At the 2006 National Team Doubles Selection Event in Calgary, Gagnon and François Viens finished 3rd behind Mike Green and Brian Istace in 1st and Francis Guillemette and Kris Odegard in 2nd.

Gagnon was upset in the Men's Singles Round of 16 at the 2006 Canadian Championships in Edmonton, where he lost to Tim Landeryou, 13–15, 15–6, 11–9.

He and François Viens were runners up in Men's Doubles, as they beat Francis Guillemette and Kris Odegard in the semi-finals, 18–16, 11–15, 11–8, but lost in the final to Mike Green and Brian Istace, 15–7, 15–10.

He also competed for Canada 19 times, winning multiple medals highlighted by gold at the 2007 Pan American Championships in Men's Doubles with François Viens.

Gagnon began playing racquetball at 9, and was introduced to it by his father Michel Gagnon, who was his coach throughout his career – and is one of Racquetball Canada's National Team coaches.

Although introduced to the sport early, Gagnon's success as a junior didn't come until his late teens when he won three consecutive Canadian Junior Championships.

At the 2007 National Team Doubles Selection Event in Victoria, British Columbia, Gagnon and François Viens finished 2nd after losing to Mike Green and Brian Istace, 15–10, 15–10.

But in Brossard, Québec Gagnon won the Singles Selection Event for the first time in 2007, when he defeated Green, Kris Odegard and Viens in the final four playoff round.

Gagnon captured gold in Men's Doubles with François Viens at the 2007 Pan American Championships in Santiago, Chile, where he and Viens defeated Americans Andy Hawthorne and Jason Samora in the final, 15–6, 11–15, 11–9.

At the 2007 Canadian Championships, Gagnon lost in the semi-finals of singles to Kris Odegard, but won the 3rd place match against Ryan Smith.

He got to the semis by defeating Tim Landeryou in the quarterfinals.

He played doubles with François Viens and they were runners up to Mike Green and Brian Istace,.

In the 2007–08 National Team Selection Events, Gagnon and François Viens came 2nd in the Doubles Selection Event, behind only Green and Brian Istace, who beat them 15–11, 15–12.

Gagnon was 3rd in the Singles Selection Event that season, as he beat Corey Osborne in the 3rd place match, 11–15, 15–7, 11–7.

In the Singles Selection Event that season, Gagnon finished 6th, after losing to Kane Waselenchuk, 15–10, 15–5, in the quarterfinals.

In the 7th place match, they defeated Eric Desrochers and Tim Landeryou, 15–7, 15–9.

In the Singles Selection Event in Brossard, Québec, Gagnon lost to Brian Istace in the semi-finals, but won the 3rd place match against Corey Osborne, 15–4, 10–15, 11–1.

They finished 3rd at the National Team Doubles Selection Event in Calgary, where they beat Tim Landeryou and Scott Lineker, 15–6, 15–9, in the quarterfinals.

Then in the final four playoff, they beat Eric Desrochers and Corey Osborne, but lost to both Mike Green and Brian Valin and to Brian Istace and Kris Odegard.

In the Singles Selection Event, Gagnon reached the final for the first time by coming back from a game down to defeat Brian Istace, 5–15, 15–5, 13–11.

He faced Mike Green in the final, and Green won in a tie-breaker, 16–14, 6–15, 11–5.

Burnaby, British Columbia was the site of the Singles Selection Event, and Gagnon finished 2nd behind Green, who beat him 15–9, 15–7, in the final four round.