Michael Forgeron

{{short description|Canadian rower}}

{{BLP sources|date=August 2016}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Mike Forgeron

| image = Mike Forgeron.jpg

| caption = Forgeron after winning gold in 1992

| full_name = Michael Joseph Forgeron

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|24 January 1966}}

| birth_place = Main-à-Dieu, Nova Scotia, Canada

| height = 6 ft 6 in

| weight = 216 lb

| headercolor = lightsteelblue

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's rowing }}

{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1992 Barcelona | Eight }}

}}

Michael Joseph "Mike" Forgeron (born 24 January 1966, in Main-à-Dieu, Nova Scotia) is a rower from Canada. He competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Michael Forgeron |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/michael-forgeron-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203045641/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/michael-forgeron-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016}} At his debut, he was a member of the team that won the gold medal in the Men's Eights (3 seat) making Forgeron the first Olympic Gold Medalist in Atlantic Canada. In the 1996 Olympics, he competed in the Men's Double Sculls. Forgeron was also in the Pan Am Games in a coxed pair straight six (stroke) earning a bronze medal along with a pair earning a silver medal.