Florence Brunelle

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Florence Brunelle
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Florence Brunelle at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Personal information
Born (2003-12-20) December 20, 2003 (age 18)
Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Country Canada
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
Women's short track speed skating
Representing  Canada
Winter Youth Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Lausanne 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Lausanne 1000 m
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Gdańsk 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2022 Gdańsk 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2022 Gdańsk 3000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2020 Bormio 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2020 Bormio 1500 m

Florence Brunelle (born December 20, 2003) is a Canadian short-track speed skater.[1]

Career[]

Junior[]

Brunelle competed at the third Winter Youth Olympics held in Lausanne, Switzerland. Brunelle would go onto win the bronze medal in both individual events contested: the 500 metres and 1000 metres.[2]

Later in the season at the 2020 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Bormio, Italy, Brunelle won two silver medals in the 500 metres and 1500 metres.[3] At the 2022 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Gdańsk, Poland, Brunelle improved on her silver medal performance in the 500 metres, by winning the gold and becoming World Junior Champion.[4][5] Brunelle would also win the gold in the 1000 metres event and was part of the 3000 metres relay gold medal winning team.

Senior[]

Brunelle made her senior debut at the 2021 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Dordrecht, Netherlands.[1] Brunelle made her World Cup debut in the 2021-22 season, where she won two silver medals in the women's 3000 m relay and the mixed relay.[1]

Winter Olympics[]

On January 18, 2022, Brunelle was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[6][7][8][9] At the Winter Olympics, Brunelle advanced to the quarterfinals in her only individual event the 500 metres, while finishing fourth in the 3000 metres relay and sixth in the 2000 metres mixed relay.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Florence Brunelle". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  2. ^ Louis-Simon, Gauthier (20 January 2020). "Florence Brunelle ajoute une autre médaille aux Jeux olympiques de la Jeunesse" [Florence Brunelle adds another medal at the Youth Olympic Games]. Le Nouvelliste (in French). Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Double Silver for Florence Brunelle at World Junior Championships in Italy". www.speedskating.ca/. Speed Skating Canada. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Florence Brunelle and Ann-Sophie Bachand reach 500m podium at World Junior Championships". www.speedskating.ca/. Speed Skating Canada. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  5. ^ Vachon, Gauthier (5 March 2022). "A successful first day in Poland for Florence Brunelle". Le Nouvelliste (in French). Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Communication 2442: XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 Beijing Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  7. ^ Nichols, Paula (18 January 2022). "Ten short track speed skaters nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  8. ^ Barnes, Dan (18 January 2022). "Plenty of medal potential on Canada's short track speed skating team headed for Beijing". Toronto Sun. Toronto, Ontairo, Canada. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  9. ^ "3 speed skating veterans lead inexperienced Canadian Olympic short track team". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
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