Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu
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May 5, 1992 Sherbrooke, Quebec | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu (born May 5, 1992 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian short track speed skater from Sherbrooke, Quebec currently residing in Montreal. He is currently a member of the national junior short track team for Canada.
At 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 5 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]
References
- ↑ http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/Paralympians+capture+awards/2372791/story.html Male Athlete of the Year Award
- ↑ http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iVYJyyp35qntSG1-hOA7IvHPkoyw Silver 500m
- ↑ http://www.canada.com/sports/2010wintergames/speed-skating/Gelinas+Beaulieu+clinches+three+silvers+junior+speed+skating/2426729/story.html
- ↑ http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,4844-128613-19728-18965-304400-3963-4771-layout160-129921-news-item,00.html Gelinas-Beaulieu silver overall
- ↑ "ISU World Junior Speed Skating Championships 2010 - Moscow (RUS)". 15 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-29.
- ↑ "Quebec Speedskater Dominates the Canada Winter Games". TSN. February 14, 2011.