Pascal Dion Explained

Pascal Dion
Nationality:Canadian
Birth Date:8 August 1994
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec
Height:1.72 m
Weight:69 kg
Country:Canada
Sport:Short track speed skating

Pascal Dion (born December 22, 1994) is a Canadian former short-track speed skater and Olympic gold medalist.[1] [2]

Career

2015

Dion competed at the 2015 Winter Universiade in Granada, Spain, where he finished in fourth place in the 1,500 m event.[1] [3]

2016

As part of the 2015–16 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup, Dion won his first medal as part of the 5,000 m relay team.

2017

Dion was named to Canada's 2018 Olympic team in August 2017.[4] [5] This marked his Olympic debut. Dion would win the bronze medal as part of the 5000 m relay team.

2022

On January 17, 2022, Dion was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[6] [7] [8] Dion won a gold medal as part of Canada's team in the 5000 m relay event.[9] [10] [11] [12] Later in the season, Dion would win his first individual World Championships medal, a silver in the 1500 m.[13]

2024

Dion announced his retirement in June 2024.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pascal Dion. olympic.ca/ . August 30, 2017 . . November 26, 2017.
  2. News: Two-time Olympic medallist Pascal Dion retires from Canada's short-track speedskating team. The Globe and Mail . June 19, 2024 . June 21, 2024.
  3. Web site: The Canadian women's relay collects bronze to conclude the short track speed skating competition at the 2015 Winter Universiade in Spain. February 13, 2016. oua.ca/ . Speed Skating Canada. November 26, 2016.
  4. Web site: 10 short track speed skaters nominated to Team Canada for PyeongChang 2018. Nichols. Paula. August 30, 2017. olympic.ca/. . November 16, 2017.
  5. Web site: Gold medallist Hamelin to lead Canada's 2018 short-track team. August 30, 2017. sportsnet.ca/. . November 16, 2017.
  6. Web site: Nichols. Paula. Ten short track speed skaters nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022. olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. January 18, 2022. January 18, 2022.
  7. News: Barnes. Dan. January 18, 2022. Plenty of medal potential on Canada's short track speed skating team headed for Beijing. Toronto Sun. Toronto, Ontairo, Canada. January 18, 2022.
  8. Web site: 3 speed skating veterans lead inexperienced Canadian Olympic short track team. January 18, 2022. cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. January 18, 2022.
  9. Web site: Nichols. Paula. Gold for Canada in men's 5000m short track relay is 6th Olympic medal of Hamelin's career. olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. February 16, 2022. February 16, 2022.
  10. Web site: Canada wins Olympic short-track relay gold, Hamelin ties record. February 16, 2022. sportsnet.ca. Sportsnet. February 16, 2022.
  11. News: D'Andrea. Aaron. February 16, 2022. Canada wins gold in men's 5,000 m speed skating relay at Beijing Olympics. Global News. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. February 16, 2022.
  12. Web site: Harrison. Doug. Charles Hamelin strikes short-track gold in final Olympic race. February 16, 2022. cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. February 16, 2022.
  13. Web site: Boutin, Dion claim 1,500m silver at short track worlds in Montreal. April 9, 2022. cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. April 9, 2022.

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