Laurent Dubreuil
Dubreuil in 2013
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1992-07-25) July 25, 1992 (age 31)
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportSpeed skating
Event(s)500 m, 1000 m
ClubClub Patinage de Vitesse de Levis
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing 1000 m
World Single Distance Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Heerenveen 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2023 Heerenveen Team sprint
Gold medal – first place 2024 Calgary Team sprint
Silver medal – second place 2023 Heerenveen 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2024 Calgary 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Heerenveen 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Salt Lake City 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Heerenveen 1000 m
World Sprint Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Hamar Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Inzell Sprint
Four Continents Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Quebec 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2023 Quebec 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2023 Quebec Team sprint
Gold medal – first place 2024 Salt Lake City 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2020 Milwaukee 1000 m

Laurent Dubreuil (born July 25, 1992) is a Canadian speed skater. He competes primarily in the short distances of 500 m and 1000 m. Dubreuil won his first World Cup medal during the 2014–15 season when he placed third in the World Cup stop in Seoul.[1] He won a bronze medal at the 2015 World Single Distance Championships[2] and a silver medal in the 1000m at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.[3]

Career

World Cup Career

During the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup stop in Calgary, Dubreuil broke the Canadian record in the 500 metres event by racing to a time of 33.778.[4] Dubreuil won a medal in the first eight World Cup races.[5]

Winter Olympics

2018

Dubreuil qualified to compete for Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[6][7][8]

2022

Dubreuil qualified to compete for Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[9][10][11]

He competed in the 500m event and finished up fourth. During his race, he was charged with a false start. This was questioned by Bart Veldkamp, who called it "very suspicious".[12] However Dubreuil said the false start was not an excuse for him not winning a race, and saying "it's something that's totally possible to overcome. It's just a minor inconvenience. That was not the difference."[13]

In the 1000m race, he finished second, earning the silver medal, his first Olympic podium finish.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Canadians earn 2 World cup speed skating medals". CBC News. November 23, 2014.
  2. ^ "Blondin wins silver, Dubreuil bronze at speed skating worlds". CBC Sports. February 15, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Steiner, Ben (February 18, 2022). "Canada's Dubreuil wins silver in men's 1,000m speed skating at Beijing Games". CBC Sports. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  4. ^ "Canada's Dubreuil breaks national record to win gold at Calgary speed skating World Cup". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. December 10, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  5. ^ "Dubreuil wins 500 metre World Cup bronze to extend streak to seven straight podiums". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. December 3, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  6. ^ Harrison, Doug (January 10, 2018). "Ted-Jan Bloemen, Ivanie Blondin front Canada's Olympic long track team". cbc.ca/sports/. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  7. ^ Spencer, Donna (January 10, 2018). "Speed skater Denny Morrison and 'guardian angel' wife both headed to Olympics". Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Canadian Press. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  8. ^ "Canadian long track speed skating team named for PyeongChang 2018". speedskating.ca/. Speed Skating Canada. January 10, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  9. ^ Nichols, Paula (January 17, 2022). "16 long track speed skaters nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  10. ^ "Bloemen, Dubreuil leads Canada's long-track speedskaters into Beijing". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. January 17, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  11. ^ "Speed skating Olympians Blondin, Dubreuil front Canada's long track team for Beijing". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. January 17, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  12. ^ "Jury veroorzaakt ophef met "valse start" voor Canadese topfavoriet: "Heel verdacht"" [Jury causes controversy with "false start" for Canadian top favorite: "Very suspicious"]. www.sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. February 12, 2022. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
  13. ^ "Canadian speedskater Laurent Dubreuil edged off Olympic 500-metre podium in fourth". ca.sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved February 13, 2022.

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