ATHLETE PROFILE: CLAUDE GODBOUT
Meet Claude Godbaut;
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I
’m a big time sport lover! I started crosscountry skiing and soccer when I was 6
years old! I have always been a pretty
active child and running around seemed like
the only way to get my batteries low.
At 18 years old, I tried biathlon and I fell in
love with that sport that combines
cross-country skiing and
marksmanship. Since then, I have
been on the Canadian national
team racing all around the world!
I’m also studying to get a degree in
business and I am a part time
Banquet bartender (Hilton Hotel).
Cooking and baking lover…hum!
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What has been your most memorable
OCR moment?
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Getting my Spartan Race world
championship title back this September in
Killington! I knew that I was strong enough to
step on the podium but since I only raced in
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How did you get into OCR and
how was your first OCR
experience?
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I started with the Beast in Killington
(Vermont, USA) in 2011! It was
awesome! Like many other people, I got
hooked with OCR!
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Canada this summer, I couldn’t compare
myself with the other competitors! Getting
there and giving my all pay back and it felt
great!
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Whats your thoughts about the OCR
community and sport?
How many races have you done and
what results did you get?
18 OCR and I have won 16 of them! I
finished second at the 2011 Spartan Race
Beast in Killington and third at the 2013
Spartan Race World Championship in
Killington!
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Which event and obstacle has been the
most challenging?
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Event : the 2013 Spartan Race world
championship in Killington. As a biathlete, I
was training full time to get a spot at the
2014 Olympic games in Sochi. Although I
was in a good biathlete shape, I wasn’t ready
for that event! It was horribly hard!
Obstacle : the tarzan swing in Killington
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The OCR community is one like no other!
Wherever you’re from and whatever you do,
once covered in mud, everyone is equal!
People are passionate about it and that
makes for a huge group of ultra positive
people! The sport of OCR has it’s ups and
downs but I believe there’s a bright future
ahead! Since 2011, there is more and more
interest and support towards the
competitiveness of it and with the
emergence of the ocrunited attitude in the
community, I believe it’s going to grow into
something even greater.