William Christian Dutton is member of the Canadian Long Track speed skating development team. He is a Saskatchewan skater whose home club is the Humboldt Speed Skating Club. He was born 28/11/1989 in Regina.
For the 2004 Canadian Long Track Mass Start Speed Skating Championships Dutton received the Bronze in the 1500m.[1]
Dutton participated in speed skating at the 2007 Canada WinterGames in Whitehorse winning a Bronze medal in the 100 meter sprint.[2]
In the 2009 Canadian Junior Championship held at the Richmond Olympic Oval during February 2009, Dutton placed third in the combined 500 and second in the 1000 meter sprints. [3]
Dutton was a member of the 2009 Canadian Junior Team and skated at the Championships in Zakopane Poland placing 7th overall in the combined 500.[4] In 2009 Dutton skated the third fastest junior 500 time in the world (35.64).[5] In 2007 he skated in the Whitehorse Canada games winning bronze in the men's 100 meter.[6]
In the 2010 Canadian Olympic trials Dutton finished 7th in the combined sprints; two 500 meter races and one 1000 meter. The results of these races are used by Speed Skate Canada as the basis for selecting Canada's team for the International Speed Skating Union's World Sprint Championships. On January 4, 2010 Dutton was named, by Speed Skating Canada's High Performance Committee, to the Canadian ISU World Sprint team for the 2010 World Sprint Championships held in Obihiro, Japan January 15 and 16.[7]
Dutton presently lives in Calgary trains at the Olympic Oval. He maintains his membership in the Humboldt Speed Skating club and is a member of the Saskatchewan speed skating team.