Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Bio

Residence : Saint-Romuald,Qc
Born : February 14th, 1983
Hometown : Lévis, Qc
Height : 6’0’’ (183 cm)
Weight : 192 lbs (87Kg)
Coaches : Robert Tremblay/Gregor Jelonek/Mike Crowe
National training center : Sainte-Foy,Qc
National team member since : 2005

Personal best times
500m: 34,71 1000m: 1,09,21 1500m: 1,48,29

Career Highlights
• Top 10 in four world cups in 2007-2008: Calgary Canada(9th), Erfurt Germany(8th and 9th), Inzell Germany(8th) in the 500m.
• Represented Canada at the world sprint championship 2008 and world single distance championship 2008
• Vice Canadian champion in the 500m and 3rd in the 1000m in 2008
• Olympic games Torino 2006, 500m(29th)
• First participation in a World Cup event in November 2005 in Salt Lake City


Objectives :
• To place in the top 5 in the world cup ranking 2008-2009
• To place in the top 10 at the world sprint and world single distance championships in 2009
• To win a medal in the 500m at the 2010 Olympic games in Vancouver.

Career in review:
• 1999-2000: I skated both short and long track until age 17 including many Canadian and North American championships until I decided to concentrate on long track. I won two gold medals as a “Junior” at the North American short track championship in Chicago.
• 2001: Canadian junior record holder in the 500m, 1000m and sprint total points at age 18
• 2005: I skated my first world cup in November 2005 in Salt Lake City, placing 20th in the 500m and 23rd in the 1000m. I qualified for the 2006 Olympic Games in the 500m in December 2005, skating my personal best time twice.
• 2006: I competed in the 2006 Olympic Games in Torino in my first year on the international circuit. I placed 29th in the 500m.
• 2007: I qualified again for the world cups; I reached the top 20 on 4 occasions in the 1000m and twice in the 500m during the 2006-2007 season.
• 2007: I reached my first top ten in a world cup race in November at the Calgary world cup by finishing 9th; I finished again in the top 10 twice in December at the Erfurt world cup by placing 8th and 9th in the 500m races. I was 2nd at the Canadian championships in the 500m and 3rd in the 1000m

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