Alexandre St-Jean

Alexandre St-Jean (born 10 May 1993) is a Canadian speed skater who is specialized in the sprint distances.

Alexandre St-Jean
Personal information
Born (1993-05-10) 10 May 1993
Quebec City, Quebec
Sport
Country Canada
SportSpeed skating

Career

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

St-Jean qualified to compete for Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[4][5][6]

Personal records
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
  1. "St-Jean, Alexandre". www.speedskating.ca. Speed Skating Canada.
  2. "ISU World Cup Inzell – 4–6 December 2015 – Result 500m Men Division A". International Skating Union (ISU). 6 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  3. "Gilmore Junio, Alexandre St-Jean give Canada 1-2 speed skating finish". CBC. 4 December 2015.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. "Canadian long track speed skating team named for PyeongChang 2018". www.speedskating.ca/. Speed Skating Canada. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  7. "Alexandre St-Jean". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
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