Mario Des Forges

{{Short description|Canadian judoka (born 1965)}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Mario Des Forges

| birth_name = Mario Des Forges

| full_name = Mario Des Forges

| nationality = Canadian

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1965}}{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=John |title=Judo blowout marks farewell to Iqaluit teacher |url=https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/judo_blowout_marks_farewell_to_iqaluit_teacher/ |access-date=9 July 2021 |work=Nunatsiaq News |date=2 June 2006}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec

| country = Canada

| sport = Judo

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Mario Des Forges (born 1965) is a Canadian judoka who has played a significant role in the development of judo in Canada's territories, especially Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. He founded the Nunavut Judo Association in 2001 and the Northwest Territories Judo Association in 2008, was President of the Northwest Territories Judo Association and Director of the Aboriginal and Territorial Affairs Committee of Judo Canada, and was prominently featured in the International Judo Federation's short film Judo for the World – Canada (2019).{{Cite web|last=Mesner|first=Nicolas|date=19 February 2019|title=Judo for the World Canada - The film|url=https://www.ijf.org/news/show/judo-for-the-world-canada-film|url-status=live|access-date=9 July 2021|website=International Judo Federation|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706111553/https://www.ijf.org/news/show/judo-for-the-world-canada-film |archive-date=2019-07-06 }} Des Forges won Judo Quebec's Educator of the Year award in 2005, was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal by the Canadian Olympic Committee in 2012, and was named Coach of the Year by the Sport North Federation in 2015. He is also the co-author of a French-language novel for young adults about judo titled Chutes (2013).{{Cite web|title=Judo in the Great North of Canada|url=http://www.worldjudoday.com/en/Judo-in-the-Great-North-of-Canada-308.html?nc=222&|url-status=live|access-date=9 July 2021|website=World Judo Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184922/http://www.worldjudoday.com/en/Judo-in-the-Great-North-of-Canada-308.html?nc=222& |archive-date=2021-07-09 }}{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=John |title=Judo blowout marks farewell to Iqaluit teacher |url=https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/judo_blowout_marks_farewell_to_iqaluit_teacher/ |access-date=9 July 2021 |work=Nunatsiaq News |date=2 June 2006}}{{Cite web|date=21 February 2013|title=Médaille du jubilé de diamant de la reine Elizabeth II : Mario Des Forges récompensé|url=http://www.aquilon.nt.ca/Article/Mario-Des-Forges-recompense-201302211110/default.aspx|url-status=live|access-date=9 July 2021|website=L'Aquilon|language=French|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712070230/https://www.aquilon.nt.ca/Article/Mario-Des-Forges-recompense-201302211110/default.aspx |archive-date=2021-07-12 }}{{Cite web|title=Mario Desforges|url=https://www.sportnorth.com/mario-desforges|url-status=live|access-date=9 July 2021|website=Sport North Federation|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803203250/https://www.sportnorth.com/mario-desforges |archive-date=2020-08-03 }}