Eve Fortin is the head coach and executive director of the Empire Académie, a boxing club in Quebec City. Her responsibilities include the club’s competitive stream and Sport Études. She is also the coordinator of Quebec’s Women’s Elite Team. Fortin is certified Level 3 – Boxing and is working on National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) Competition-Development. As a boxer she competed in 90 amateur bouts and won two national championships. She graduated from a languages program during CEGEP and has a college certificate in Event Organization and Management. Fortin is the mother of three children under four years of age.

Name: Eve Fortin, Quebec City

“WCIP is a great opportunity to show what women coaches are and what they can do.”

Sport: Boxing

Mentor Coach: Jill Perry

WCIP Responsibilities: Eve and Jill are focused on Eve completing her Level 3 National Coaching Certification while taking part, whenever possible, in additional certification opportunities, including video analysis. Post-pandemic, Eve expects to attend a national team training camp.

Current Occupation: Eve is the head coach and executive director of the Empire Académie, a boxing club in Quebec City. Her responsibilities include the club’s competitive stream and Sport-Études. She is also the coordinator of Quebec’s women’s elite team.

Athletic Background: Eve walked into a gym at the age of 11 and one year later experienced her first fight. She went on to compete in 90 amateur bouts and won two national championships. As a shy youngster during primary school, she felt it was important to find an appropriate sport to help overcome her shyness as she entered high school. She quickly developed a passion for boxing and became a disciplined athlete who was determined to achieve results. “Hard work ultimately beat talent over time.”

Why Coaching? Eve has always been passionate about boxing, both as an athlete and now as a coach. She began her coaching career with recreational groups and before long, she found that the transmission of knowledge and the pleasure in seeing athletes evolve and grow are real sources of satisfaction. She takes a deep interest in guiding her athletes to becoming better athletes and who are successful in life as well.

Education: Eve graduated from a CEGEP languages program and has a college certificate in Event Organization and Management.

Coach Education: Eve is Certified Level 3 – Boxing and is working on National Coaching Certification Program Competition-Development.

Importance of the WCIP: “WCIP is an opportunity to acquire knowledge at a higher level and to participate in discussions about the realities women coaches face in other sports. As a young coach, I have so much to learn from the mentors and the directors of WCIP. I want to make the most of their experiences and knowledge.”

After the WCIP: “I am open-minded and receptive to enriching experiences. I expect that WCIP will enhance my credibility as a woman coach, will develop a broader perspective of the coaching possibilities my sport offers me, and will lead to other important coaching opportunities. “Participation in WCIP is allowing me to step up my approach to training and competition.”