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DIAGNOS sponsors sport’s excellence
April 17, 2007 – DIAGNOS inc. (“DIAGNOS” or the "Corporation") (VENTURE TSX: ADK), a leader in knowledge
extraction and artificial intelligence, is proud to announce its implication in sport’s excellence by giving an excellence bursary to
Mathieu Bois (see his biography below), one of the best Canadian breaststroker, in order to help in its preparation for the 2008
Beijing Olympic Games.
Mr Larente, President of DIAGNOS, says he is very impressed by the talent and determination of Mathieu Bois: "We are
convinced that this bursary, offered to one of Canada’s best hopes in swimming, can make a difference in the long run, since it is
given at a crucial moment of the career of an athlete. DIAGNOS thus wishes to offer the chance to this athlete to be devoted to
his sport and its studies without being too much concerned with financial aspects.
About DIAGNOS
DIAGNOS inc. has developed data mining software and provides data mining services. The Corporation designed and developed
MCubiX, a data mining software suite capable of extracting knowledge from historical data - in the form of images, text or
traditional databases - and making predictions that improve business processes and decision making ability. CARDS (Computer
Aided Resource Detection System) can be applied to several sectors of prospecting, such as diamond, gold, zinc, copper and the
oil and gas, and each one of these resources require a distinct methodology endorsed by the application. For further information,
please visit our Website at www.diagnos.ca.
The Corporation’s objective is to develop a royalty stream by significantly enhancing and participating in the exploration success
rate of mining and oil and gas companies.
For more information, please contact:
André Larente, President
Telephone: (450) 678-8882, ext. 24
[email protected]
Biography
Mathieu Bois is currently studying at the Collège de Maisonneuve in Human Sciences with
Mathematics and is training at the Multi Sport National Centre located at the Olympic Park
Pools under the guidance of Paul Bergen and Benoît Lebrun.
Over the course of his career, Bois set 21 provincial records and 2 age-group national records
in the 100 meters and 200 meters breaststroke, records previously held by Morgan Knage.
In 2005, Bois was part of the Junior squad that competed for Canada at the 2005 Junior Pan
Pacific Games. Bois placed 7th in the 100 meters breaststroke and 4th in the Men’s 4x100
medley relay.
In 2006, Bois has represented Canada while participating:
to the Pan Pacific Games - Victoria, British Columbia;
to the FINA World Short Course Championships - Shanghai, China;
to the Commonwealth Games - Melbourne, Australia.
Bois has recently qualified in first place for the 100 meters breaststroke for the Pan American
Games that will take place next July in Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil where he will be to look for in
the breaststroke and QNI events.
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Commonwealth Games,
Melbourne, Australia - 2006
50 breaststroke - 29.75 (15th place)
100 breaststroke - 1:02.92 (9th place)
200 breaststroke - 2:17.30 (7ith place)
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100 breaststroke: 1:02.03
Pan American Trials,
Victoria, British Columbia - 2006
200 breaststroke: 2:15.44
(Canadian Record - 15-17 years old)
Commonwealth Games Trials,
Vancouver, British Columbia - 2005
Personal best times
FINA World Short Course Championships,
Shanghai, China - 2006
200 breaststroke - 2:14.59 (26th place)
Pan Pacific Games,
Victoria, British Columbia - 2006
100 breaststroke - 1:02.68 (11th place)
200 breaststroke - 2:16.33 (11th place)
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Pan American Trials,
Victoria, British Columbia - 2007
100 breaststroke - 1:02.03 (1st place)
200 breaststroke - 2:16.70 (2nd place)
Highlights
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July 6, 1988
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175 cm / 70 kg
Longueuil, Québec
Saint-Hubert, Québec
Club de natation des Piscines du Parc Olympique (CNPPO)
Multi Sport National Centre of Montreal
Paul Bergen and Benoît Lebrun
50 meters, 100 meters and 200 meters breaststroke
Eighteen year-old, Mathieu Bois is part of the senior national team and is quickly climbing the
ranks as one of Canada’s top breaststrokers (Canadian ranking in the 100 meters
breaststroke – 1st and in the 200 meters breaststroke – 2nd) while cutting a place among the
best breaststrokers of the world (World ranking in the 100 meters breaststroke – 26th).
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