Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu Explained

Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu
Birth Date:5 May 1992
Birth Place:Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Height:1.70 m
Weight:72 kg
Country:Canada
Event:Mass start
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Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu (born May 5, 1992) is a Canadian long track speed skater and short track speed skater. Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Gélinas-Beaulieu currently resides in Quebec City. He is currently a member of the national long track team for Canada.

Career

The 2009 World Junior Short Track Championships were held in his hometown of Sherbrooke. Antoine won a silver medal in the 1000 m and a bronze in the 1500 m race; this aided his 4th-place finish overall as a 16-year-old. Gélinas-Beaulieu was named Quebec's male national athlete of the year at the 37th annual Sports Québec Gala on December 23, 2009.[1] At the following junior short track championships in 2010 in Taipei he won five silver medals in the 500m, 1000m, 1500m super final, 3000m relay, and the overall silver medal.[2] [3] [4]

Gélinas-Beaulieu also received two bronze medals at the 2010 World Junior Speed Skating Championships in long track. He received the bronze medals in the 1500 m and the 5000 m.[5] He also finished third overall in the competition.

Next he attended the 2011 Canada Winter Games in Halifax, Nova Scotia. There Gélinas-Beaulieu won three gold medals in long track speed skating for Quebec in the 1,500 m, 3,000 m, 5,000 m. His victories came as part of a comeback, as much of the previous season had been lost to him due to being ill from mononucleosis.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. https://montrealgazette.com/sports/Paralympians+capture+awards/2372791/story.html
  2. https://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iVYJyyp35qntSG1-hOA7IvHPkoyw
  3. http://www.canada.com/sports/2010wintergames/speed-skating/Gelinas+Beaulieu+clinches+three+silvers+junior+speed+skating/2426729/story.html
  4. Web site: ISU World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships - Taipei City (TPE) . January 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100126105422/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,4844-128613-19728-18965-304400-3963-4771-layout160-129921-news-item,00.html . 26 January 2010 . dead.
  5. News: ISU World Junior Speed Skating Championships 2010 – Moscow (RUS) . April 15, 2010 . En.olympic.cn . October 29, 2010.
  6. News: Quebec Speedskater Dominates the Canada Winter Games . . February 14, 2011.