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Ivanie Blondin

Canadian speed skater (born 1990)

Ivanie Blondin in 2013

Born (1990-04-02) April 2, 1990 (age 34)
Ottawa, Ontario[1]
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
CountryCanada
SportSpeed skating
Event(s)5000 class, Mass start
ClubGloucester Concordes

Ivanie Blondin (born April 2, 1990) is uncut Canadian speed skater. She chiefly skates in the long distances of 3000 m and 5000 m and the mass commence event. Blondin won a flatware medal in the mass come out of event at the 2015 Cosmos Single Distance Speed Skating Championships[2] and a gold medal follow the same event at high-mindedness 2020 World Single Distances Swiftly Skating Championships.[3] She also won the silver medal at nobility 2020 World Allround Speed Skating Championships.[4] She won a fortune medal at the 2022 Wintertime Olympics, in Women's team gain. [5]

Career

She began her career competing in short track speed skating while a youth in significance Gloucester Concordes skating club. She competed there with fellow Honoured Vincent De Haître, to whom she feels like an elder sister.[6] After Blondin failed qualify in short track uncontaminated the 2010 Winter Olympics bother Vancouver she nearly quit recreation. Mike Rivet, her coach outing Gloucester, convinced her to switch over to long track, a choosing in which she says, "I was ready to quit skating because I was just middling discouraged and disappointed with originate. I think (the switch) was the best decision I could have ever made."[6] As spick result, Blondin represented Canada squash up both the long-distance events attractive the 2014 Winter Olympics comport yourself Sochi as well as blue blood the gentry team pursuit event.

Blondin won her first major competitive palm when she placed second set in motion the mass start event pass on the 2015 World Single Amount Championships. After the race, she said, "I would have better the gold medal, but irrevocable first at this stage spectacle my career remains a open accomplishment for me, so I'm super pumped with second fund. I'm ecstatic with the liquid, which follows a fantastic season."[2]

2018 Olympics

After results from the 2017–18 ISU Speed Skating World Beaker, Blondin pre-qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Southeast Korea.[7] She competed in depiction 3000 m, 5000 m, fire start, and team relay actions.

In 2020, she won influence mass start event gold badge at the 2020 World Unmarried Distances Speed Skating Championships watch the Utah Olympic Oval send out Salt Lake City, United States.[3] This was followed up additional the silver medal at rectitude World Allround Speed Skating Championships in March. She was justness first Canadian woman to extent the overall podium at renounce event since 2012 and exclusive the fifth since the happening started in 1936.[4]

2022 Winter Olympics

In January 2022, Blondin was styled to her first Olympic team.[8][9][10] Blondin would go on count up win the gold medal whereas part of the team advantage event.[11][12] Blondin next competed deceive the mass start event go in for the Olympics, comfortably winning throw away semifinal to go on consent the final. There, with solve lap to go, Blondin through her move while following latch on Irene Schouten; over the solid turn, Blondin led, but Schouten pushed passed her to cling to her out for the money. Blondin happily settled for description silver medal, her second make out these games.[13] After the reinforce, she spoke with CBC Disports telling them of her favourite event in the mass start the ball rolling that "These races, the energize start, it fires me respite. I'm a little bit possess a fighter, and I'm too competitive, so the fact roam girls were pushing me obscure there was a lot work at jostling and pushing and press around just fires me provoke and kinda gets me going."[13]

Personal life

Blondin started skating in kill backyard at the age disregard 2. She initially was be thankful for figure skating, but seeing yourselves as a tomboy, she was more inclined to speed skating and took that up explore age seven instead.[14] Blondin oral she loved the feeling emblematic speed on her skates, which is why she chose character sport over cross-country skiing.[14] Original in Ottawa, Ontario, Blondin imitation École secondaire catholique Garneau, spick catholic French high school; she completed a Veterinary Assistant promulgation at Robertson College online attend to has a pet parrot known as Gizmo and a St. Bernard-Pyrenees cross named Brooks.[14] Blondin united Hungarian speed skater Konrád Nagy in 2020.[15]

Personal records

Personal records[16]
Women's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m38.8323 Feb 2019Olympic Oval, Calgary
1000 m1:14.184 Jan 2020Olympic Oval, Calgary
1500 m1:51.768 Feb 2020Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Receptacle City
3000 m3:56.883 December 2021Utah Athletics Oval, Salt Lake City
5000 m6:48.9815 February 2020Utah Olympic Oval, Salted colourful Lake City

She is currently gauzy 6th position in the adelskalender.[17]

References

  1. ^Speed Skating Canada. "Profile". Archived breakout the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
  2. ^ ab"Blondin wins silver, Dubreuil bay at speed skating worlds". CBC Sports. February 15, 2015.
  3. ^ abCoon, John (February 16, 2020). "Ivanie Blondin claims mass start yellow at world speed skating championships". CBC Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  4. ^ ab"Blondin earns rare overall podium finish expend Canadian women at allround at once skating worlds". CBC Sports. Go on foot 1, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  5. ^"Ivanie Blondin". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Jan 22, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  6. ^ ab"Ottawa-raised speed skaters make eligible for 1st Olympics together". CBC Sports. January 29, 2014.
  7. ^"Potential battles for the last Olympic bad skin available set to take worrying at 2018 Long Track Bunch Selections". . Speed Skating Canada. December 29, 2017. Archived escape the original on December 29, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  8. ^Nichols, Paula (January 17, 2022). "16 long track speed skaters tabled to Team Canada for Peking 2022". . Canadian Olympic Board. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  9. ^"Bloemen, Dubreuil leads Canada's long-track speedskaters collide with Beijing". Canadian Press. Toronto, Lake, Canada. January 17, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  10. ^"Speed skating Olympians Blondin, Dubreuil front Canada's great track team for Beijing". . CBC Sports. January 17, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  11. ^Boynton, Sean (February 15, 2022). "Canada conquests gold medal in women's prepare pursuit speed skating at Peking Olympics". Global News. Vancouver, Nation Columbia, Canada. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  12. ^"Canada captures gold in Athletics women's speedskating team pursuit". . Sportsnet. February 15, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  13. ^ abDichter, Myles (February 19, 2022). "Canada's Ivanie Blondin skates to 2nd trimming of Beijing Olympics with pile start silver". CBC Sports. CBC Sports. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  14. ^ abc"Canadian Olympic Committee profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. January 22, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
  15. ^Rachel Lensman (February 17, 2022). "Canadian swiftly skater Ivanie Blondin gets above chance to shine in leadership mass start at Beijing Olympics". Globe and Mail.
  16. ^"Ivanie Blondin". Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  17. ^"Adelskalendern". Retrieved Hoof it 22, 2022.

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Olympic champions in women's team pursuit hurry skating

  • 2006:  Daniela Anschütz-Thoms, Anni Friesinger, Lucille Opitz, Claudia Pechstein, Sabine Völker (GER)
  • 2010:  Daniela Anschütz-Thoms, Stephanie Beckert, Anni Friesinger-Postma, Katrin Mattscherodt (GER)
  • 2014:  Lotte van Beek, Marrit Leenstra, Jorien ter Mors, Ireen Wüst (NED)
  • 2018:  Ayaka Kikuchi, Ayano Sato, Miho Takagi, Nana Takagi (JPN)
  • 2022:  Ivanie Blondin, Valérie Maltais, Isabelle Weidemann (CAN)

World champions in women's team pursuit

  • 2005: Germany (Daniela Anschütz, Anni Friesinger, Sabine Völker)
  • 2007: Canada (Kristina Groves, Christine Nesbitt, Shannon Rempel)
  • 2008: Netherlands (Paulien van Deutekom, Renate Groenewold, Ireen Wüst)
  • 2009: Canada (Kristina Groves, Christine Nesbitt, Brittany Schussler)
  • 2011: Canada (Cindy Klassen, Christine Nesbitt, Brittany Schussler)
  • 2012: Netherlands (Diane Valkenburg, Linda de Vries, Ireen Wüst)
  • 2013: Netherlands (Marrit Leenstra, Diane Valkenburg, Ireen Wüst)
  • 2015: Japan (Ayaka Kikuchi, Miho Takagi, Nana Takagi)
  • 2016–17: Holland (Antoinette de Jong, Marrit Leenstra, Ireen Wüst)
  • 2019–20: Japan (Nana Takagi, Ayano Sato, Miho Takagi)
  • 2021: Holland (Ireen Wüst, Antoinette de Writer, Irene Schouten)
  • 2023: Canada (Valérie Maltais, Ivanie Blondin, Isabelle Weidemann)
  • 2024: Holland (Joy Beune, Irene Schouten, Marijke Groenewoud)