Alexandre St-Jean (born 10 May 1993) is a
Canadian
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speed skater
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who is specialized in the sprint distances.
Career
St-Jean started his speed skating career as a
short tracker.
He switched from short track to
long track speed skating
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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
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. St-Jean is coached by Gregor Jelonek.
2018 Winter Olympics
St-Jean qualified to compete for
Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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.
Personal records
Source: SpeedskatingResults.com
References
External links
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1993 births
Living people
Canadian male speed skaters
Speed skaters from Quebec City
Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Olympic speed skaters for Canada
Université Laval alumni
21st-century Canadian people