Alexandre St-Jean
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 May 1993 Quebec City, Quebec |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Sport | Speed skating |
Alexandre St-Jean (born 10 May 1993) is a Canadian speed skater who is specialized in the sprint distances.
Career
[edit]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
[edit]St-Jean qualified to compete for Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[4][5][6]
Personal records
[edit]| Personal records | ||||
| Men's speed skating | ||||
| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | 34.46 | 22 November 2015 | Salt Lake City | |
| 1000 m | 1:07.84 | 2 December 2017 | Calgary | |
| 1500 m | 1:49.39 | 2 January 2014 | Calgary | |
| 3000 m | 4:02.12 | 15 August 2015 | Calgary | |
| 5000 m | 9:19.28 | 16 December 2007 | Quebec City | |
Source: SpeedskatingResults.com[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "St-Jean, Alexandre". www.speedskating.ca. Speed Skating Canada.
- ^ "ISU World Cup Inzell – 4–6 December 2015 – Result 500m Men Division A". International Skating Union (ISU). 6 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
- ^ "Gilmore Junio, Alexandre St-Jean give Canada 1-2 speed skating finish". CBC. 4 December 2015.
- ^ Harrison, Doug (10 January 2018). "Ted-Jan Bloemen, Ivanie Blondin front Canada's Olympic long track team". www.cbc.ca/sports/. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ Spencer, Donna (10 January 2018). "Speed skater Denny Morrison and 'guardian angel' wife both headed to Olympics". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Canadian long track speed skating team named for PyeongChang 2018". www.speedskating.ca/. Speed Skating Canada. 10 January 2018. Archived from the original on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Alexandre St-Jean". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 7 December 2015.