Jessica Gregg (born March 16, 1988) is a former Canadian

short track speed skater Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the same size as a ...

Personal life

Born in

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, Alberta, Jessica comes from a strong pedigree of skaters as her mother

Kathy Vogt Kathy Vogt (born March 7, 1959) is an American-born Canadian speed skater. She competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics and the 1980 Winter Olympics. Personal life Vogt married Canadian hockey player Randy Gregg on June 9, 1984 in Edmonton. They h ...

was a two time Olympian in the sport and her father Dr. Randy Gregg was a member of the

Edmonton Oilers The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton. The Oilers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. They play their home games at Rogers Place, which ...

dynasty in the 1980s. Her sister Sarah Gregg was an international speed skater and her brother

Jamie Gregg Jamie Gregg (born March 18, 1985, in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian long track speed skater. Gregg was ranked 10th in overall World Cup standings for the 2009–10 season. He is set to compete for Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the 50 ...

was a member of the national team for the 500 m in

Long Track Speed Skating 　 Long-track speed skating, usually simply referred to as speed skating, is the Olympic discipline of speed skating where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. It is also a sport for leisure. Sports such as ice skating marathon, ...

; who joined his sister at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.

Career

Jessica Gregg was the only member of the 2010 Canadian Olympic short track team outside of Quebec. Jessica won her first ever World Cup gold medal in 500 m short track speedskating in February 2009. Gregg won a bronze medal in the 500 metres during the 2009 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, she also won another bronze in the women's 3000 m relay at the same championship. During the 2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships she won a silver medal as participant in the women's relay along with fellow speed skaters

Kalyna Roberge Kalyna Roberge (born October 1, 1986) is a Canadian short track speed skater. Born in Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon, Quebec, Roberge has won a gold medal in the 3000m relay at the 2005 World Championships. She also placed third overall at the 2005 Wo ...

, and

Tania Vicent Tania Vicent (born January 13, 1976, in Laval, Quebec) is a Canadian short track speed skater, who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics. On February 22, along with Alanna Kraus, Anouk Leblanc-Boucher and Kalyna Roberge, Vicent won a silver med ...

. She won her first World Championship gold medal in Sofia in 2009. Going into the

2010 Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

, Gregg was a medal contender in the 500 m and the 3,000 m relay. In the final at the Vancouver Olympics Gregg suffered through numerous first corner falls and restarts both in the quarterfinals and finals. In the final she was pushed out of the way by

Arianna Fontana Arianna Fontana OMRI (born 14 April 1990) is an Italian short track speed skater, who has won eleven Olympic medals among these two gold medals in the 500m short track, one at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and the second one at the 20 ...

and was out of the race by the end of the first corner. Gregg finished 4th in the 500 m. On February 24, she won a silver medal in the 3,000 metre relay, along with

and

Marianne St-Gelais Marianne St-Gelais (born February 17, 1990) is a Canadian former short track speed skater. She won two silver medals in the 500 m and 3,000 m relay at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, and a third silver in the 3,000 m relay at the ...

. On February 4, 2016 she announced her retirement.

References

External links

Profile of Jessica Gregg by CTV

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gregg, Jessica 1988 births Living people Canadian female short track speed skaters Olympic medalists in short track speed skating Olympic short track speed skaters for Canada Olympic silver medalists for Canada Short track speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Speed skaters from Edmonton 21st-century Canadian women