Marc Gagnon

Marc Gagnon

Medal record
Men’s short track speed skating
Competitor for  Canada
Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 3 0 2 World Championships 14 10 5 World Team Championships 5 1 0
Olympic Games
	1998 Nagano	5000 m relay
	2002 Salt Lake City	500 m
	2002 Salt Lake City	5000 m relay
	1994 Lillehammer	1000 m
	2002 Salt Lake City	1500 m
World Championships
	1993 Beijing	Overall
	1993 Beijing	1000 m
	1994 Guildford	Overall
	1994 Guildford	1000 m
	1995 Gjøvik	1000 m
	1995 Gjøvik	5000 m relay
	1996 The Hague	Overall
	1996 The Hague	1500 m
	1997 Nagano	1500 m
	1998 Vienna	Overall
	1998 Vienna	1500 m
	1998 Vienna	1000 m
	1998 Vienna	5000 m relay
	2001 Jeonju	1500 m
	1993 Beijing	500 m
	1994 Guildford	1500 m
	1995 Gjøvik	Overall
	1996 The Hague	1000 m
	1996 The Hague	3000 m
	1996 The Hague	5000 m relay
	1997 Nagano	Overall
	1997 Nagano	5000 m relay
	2001 Jeonju	3000 m
	2001 Jeonju	5000 m relay
	1993 Beijing	3000 m
	1994 Guildford	3000 m
	1994 Guildford	5000 m relay
	1997 Nagano	3000 m
	2001 Jeonju	Overall
World Team Championships
	1995 Zoetermeer	Team
	1996 Lake Placid	Team
	1998 Bormio	Team
	2000 The Hague	Team
	2001 Nobeyama	Team
	1994 Cambridge	Team

Marc Gagnon (born May 24, 1975 in Chicoutimi, Quebec) is a Canadian short track speed skater. He is a four-time Overall World Champion for 1993, 1994, 1996 and 1998, and winner of three Olympic gold medals.

Biography

Gagnon started his Olympic career in 1994, when he had already won the 1993 World Championships. He won a bronze in the 1000 m event. Four years later, in Nagano, Japan, Gagnon won a gold medal with the Canadian relay team. The 2002 Salt Lake City Games proved to be Gagnon's best Olympics, with a total of three medals. A bronze in the inaugural 1500 m event, and two golds; in the 500 m and again as a part of the relay team. Even his disqualification in the 1000 m was memorable, as it was the first of an improbable series of events that led to Australian Steven Bradbury winning arguably the most unlikely gold medal in Olympic history.

Winning a total of five medals in three consecutive Winter Games made him the most decorated Canadian athlete in Winter Olympic history until 2006. He has now been overtaken by long track speed skater Cindy Klassen and long track speed skater/road cyclist Clara Hughes, who each have a total of 6 medals. Tied with track and field athlete Phil Edwards and fellow short track speed skater François-Louis Tremblay,^[1] he is one of the five most decorated Canadian athletes in all Olympic Games.

Gagnon won his World Championships in 1993, 1994, 1996 and 1998. He is the first man to have become a four-time Overall World Champion. In addition, he finished 2nd twice, and third once.

In 2008, Gagnon was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.^[2]

References

1. Ditchburn, Jennifer (2010-02-28). "Canada satisfied with medal haul, but South Korea still dominates". Winnipeg Free Press. Archived from the original on June 14, 2011. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
2. "Yzerman, Lewis among Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductees". TSN. 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-05-13.