Raphael Gaanan, who attended Burnaby South, is a two-time senior national judo champion and also has a junior national championship to his credit.
Internationally, he has participated in the 2022 Cadet World Championships and 2022 Pan-Am championships while on the national scene, he has competed in the Toronto Seniors, the Open Nationals for U21 and the national seniors.
In January, he took silver at the Canadian elite senior nationals in Edmonton.