Gaël Texier

In 2010 Texier created the Acadé-Kicks centre of martial arts. Later, with Kim In Kyung, she created the program Sport-Études Taekwondo, intended to bring Quebec athletes support and coaching for international competition.

In 2007, Texier was coaching a team of Montreal girls who were barred from competition for refusing to remove their hijabs. The Fédération de Tae kwondo du Québec claimed this was for safety reasons despite the hijabs being worn under mandatory helmets and having been accepted in previous and international competitions. Other Muslim athletes boycotted the competition in protest, and Texier said they would have to take the issue to the World Tae Kwon Do Federation.

Texier was frustrated at the 2003 World Championship in Germany where she said that an inexperienced referee gave points she'd scored to her opponent. She was also upset that Canada was using World Championship results to choose its Olympic team even though weight classes differ. Texier retired from competition in 2004.

In 2000 Texier obtained her bachelor's degree in computer science from the Université du Québec à Montréal.

Additionally, Texier was Canadian Women's Taekwondo Champion 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 and a recognized athlete of excellence funded by Sport Canada from 1999 to 2004.

Texier started taekwondo in 1987 in the Asbestos, Quebec region with Martin Dostie under the direction of Daniel Richer. She obtained her black belt in 1989. She continued her training in the Quebec City area under the Sport-Études Taekwondo component while studying at Cégep Garneau, training more than 20 hours a week.

Gaël Texier (born 1975) is a Canadian taekwondo athlete and coach. In addition to being the Canadian Women's Taekwondo Champion for five years (1999 and 2001–2004), Texier won bronze medals at the World Championships (1999) and Panamerican Championships (1994 and 2002) and a silver medal at the Francophone World Cup (2002).