Laurent Dubreuil (born July 25, 1992) is a Canadian
speed skater
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...
. He competes primarily in the short distances of 500 m and 1000 m. Dubreuil won his first World Cup medal during the 2014–15 season when he placed third in the
World Cup stop in Seoul. He won a bronze medal at the
2015 World Single Distance Championships and a silver medal in the 1000m at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Career
World Cup Career
During the
2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup stop in Calgary, Dubreuil broke the
Canadian record in the 500 metres event by racing to a time of 33.778. Dubreuil won a medal in the first eight World Cup races.
Winter Olympics
2018
Dubreuil qualified to compete for
Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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2022
Dubreuil qualified to compete for
Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Canada competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics. The 2022 Winter Olympics were held in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. Canada has competed at all 24 editions of the Winter Olympics.
On November 17, 2020 two time Olympic gold medallist in s ...
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He competed in the 500m event and finished up fourth. During his race, he was charged with a false start. This was questioned by
Bart Veldkamp
Bart Veldkamp (; born 22 November 1967) is a retired speed skater, who represented the Netherlands and later Belgium in international competitions, including the Winter Olympics. He currently is the national speed skating coach of Belgium.
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, who called it "very suspicious". However Dubreuil said the false start was not an excuse for him not winning a race, and saying "it's something that's totally possible to overcome. It's just a minor inconvenience. That was not the difference."
In the
1000m race, he finished second, earning the silver medal, his first Olympic podium finish.
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1992 births
Living people
Canadian male speed skaters
People from Lévis, Quebec
Sportspeople from Quebec
Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in speed skating
Olympic silver medalists for Canada
Olympic speed skaters of Canada
World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists
Université Laval alumni
World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists
21st-century Canadian people