Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece, he won a bronze medal in the men's 800 metres - T52 event, finished fourth in the men's 200 metres - T52 event, finished fifth in the men's 400 metres - T52 event and did not finish in the men's 1500 metres - T52 event. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, he won a gold medal in the men's 100 metres - T52 event, a gold medal in the men's 200 metres - T52 event, a bronze medal in the men's 400 metres - T52 event and finished sixth in the men's 800 metres - T52 event World Championships results 2002-07: CIP World Championships (Lille/Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France) Event: 100m Position: 2nd position Result: 18.64 2002-07: CIP World Championships (Lille/Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France) Event: 400m Position: 2nd position Result: 2002-07: CIP World Championships (Lille/Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France) Event: 200m Position: 3rd position Result: 35.02 1998-08-13: World Championships (Birmingham, United Kingdom) Event: 200m, 800m Position: 2nd position Result: 1995: World Championships (Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom) Event: 100m Position: 1st position Result: 1995: World Championships (Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom) Event: 200m, 400m, 1500m Position: 1st position Result: 1994-07-30: World Championships (Berlin, Germany) Event: 800 m Position: 1st position Result: 32.07 Career in insurance In addition to athletics, Dean Bergeron also pursued a career in the insurance field. Since 1993, he has been working in the field of life insurance. He has held positions as an insurance products advisor, including at Desjardins Financial Security. In June 2009, Dean Bergeron joined La Capitale Financial Group. After holding various executive positions including Director of Marketing and Health Promotion, and Senior Director of Operations. He holds the position of Vice President of Administration and Client Relations in the group insurance sector of this company. From 2014-2020, Bergeron served on the Board of Directors at Praxis Spinal Cord Institute, a Canadian not-for-profit organization for spinal cord injury research and care. Honors Dean Bergeron was named "Male Athlete of the Year" at the Sport-Québec Gala in 2009, a title recognizing the best athlete across all sports in Quebec (Chantal Petitclerc having earned the same honor on the female side the same year). He chosen as one of sixteen athletes to carry the Paralympic Flame at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games of Vancouver and had the honor of lighting the olympic bowl in Quebec when the flame stopped there on December 2, 2009. Bergeron was admitted to the