To Chris Malboeuf, Special Olympics represents success and honour. When asked about his favourite Special Olympics experience to date, Malboeuf said it was, “being selected to represent Team BC 2020 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, for my first National Winter Games.”
“When I got picked, I felt honour and I (was) glad to be going to Thunder Bay,” he said. Malboeuf and the Team BC Vipers played with passion and pride in the 2020 Special Olympics Canada Games, and captured the silver medal in their division!
Malboeuf is an Indigenous Special Olympics BC athlete from the Canoe Lake Cree First Nation in Canoe Narrows, Saskatchewan. He is Métis through his great-grandfather.
Malboeuf is an SOBC – Comox Valley athlete living in Courtenay. He first started with Special Olympics in 2009 and it was his idea to get involved as an athlete.
“I wanted to be involved in Special Olympics to learn new things, meet people and travel to places I never been before,” he says.
Malboeuf currently enjoys 5-pin bowling, floor hockey, and softball. He especially loves the “fast-paced action” of hockey.
“In hockey I get to score a lot of goals, I currently have about three career hat tricks,” Malboeuf says.
Outside of Special Olympics, Malboeuf enjoys listening to shortwave radio and learning about different countries and history. He loves languages and can understand German, Spanish and French! When he’s not playing sports, Malboeuf also enjoys watching movies on Netflix and hanging out with friends.
“I also participate in Indigenous ceremonies although I haven’t done that in a long time. I hope I am able to share my heritage with others, and to share this with my friends and family!” Malboeuf says.
Read more about Chris Malboeuf in his Team BC 2020 profile
In Indigenous History Month, and always, we honour the achievements and strength of Indigenous Nations and the members of the Special Olympics BC community with Indigenous heritage.