06/10/2026
Something a little more powerful and personal while in Croatia last year at the 2025 World Championships.
“This is the man I owe so much.. 8 months ago to the day I was having a heart attack. Dr. Nav Dhaliwal was the volunteer doctor accompanying Team Canada to Croatia, where I would coach my two athletes. Without his intervention and advice, would I have been wise enough to go to the Poreč clinic, where they sent me by ambulance 90 km to go to cardiology in Rijeka? Just three hours after leaving the hotel the procedure took place and I was out of danger.
Today I want to honor this man and say a huge thank you from the bottom of my heart. My gratitude is endless Thank you Nav Dhaliwal It was pure pleasure to bump into you again in Brampton in April during the ITF North American & Caribbean Championships Thanks again for everything.”
- Jean-François Filion