Alexandre St-Jean Explained
Alexandre St-Jean (born 10 May 1993) is a Canadian speed skater who is specialized in the sprint distances.
Career
St-Jean started his speed skating career as a short tracker.[1] He switched from short track to long track speed skating in 2013. He won his first-ever World Cup medal, a gold medal in the team sprint event, at the World Cup in Salt Lake City in November 2015. In December he won a silver medal when he finished second in the World Cup 500m event in Inzell.[2] [3] St-Jean is coached by Gregor Jelonek.
2018 Winter Olympics
St-Jean qualified to compete for Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[4] [5] [6]
Personal records
Source: SpeedskatingResults.com[7]
Notes and References
- Web site: St-Jean, Alexandre. www.speedskating.ca. Speed Skating Canada.
- Web site: ISU World Cup Inzell – 4–6 December 2015 – Result 500m Men Division A . International Skating Union (ISU) . 6 December 2015 . 7 December 2015 .
- Web site: Gilmore Junio, Alexandre St-Jean give Canada 1-2 speed skating finish. CBC. 4 December 2015.
- Web site: Ted-Jan Bloemen, Ivanie Blondin front Canada's Olympic long track team. Harrison. Doug. 10 January 2018. www.cbc.ca/sports/. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). 11 January 2018.
- News: Spencer. Donna. 10 January 2018. Speed skater Denny Morrison and 'guardian angel' wife both headed to Olympics. Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 11 January 2018.
- Web site: Canadian long track speed skating team named for PyeongChang 2018. 10 January 2018. www.speedskating.ca/. Speed Skating Canada. 11 January 2018. 11 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180111000525/http://www.speedskating.ca/news-and-info/news/canadian-long-track-speed-skating-team-named-for-pyeongchang-2018. dead.
- Web site: Alexandre St-Jean. speedskatingresults.com. 7 December 2015.
