Alexandre St-Jean

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

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.

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 1:07.89 21 November 2015 Salt Lake City
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[4]

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. "Alexandre St-Jean". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 7 December 2015.

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