Marianne St-Gelais (born February 17, 1990) is a Canadian former

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. She won two silver medals in the 500 m and 3,000 m relay at the

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, and a third silver in the 3,000 m relay at the

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Personal life

St-Gelais, one of five siblings, began skating at the age of 10 when her neighbour encouraged her to join the local speed skating club. Her younger sister Catherine, 15, and brother Bastien 13, still skate competitively. Marianne calls

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her hometown but currently resides in

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. In mid-2018, she broke up with her then-boyfriend, short track speed skater

Charles Hamelin Charles Hamelin (born April 14, 1984) is a Canadian retired short track speed skater. In a competitive career that spanned nearly twenty years on the international circuit, Hamelin participated in five Winter Olympic Games (2006, 2010, 2014, 2 ...

. St-Gelais as well as boyfriend Hamelin made Hello Canada's 50 most beautiful Canadians list in 2010.

Career

As an accomplished junior skater, and world record holder, St-Gelais placed first overall at the

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with four gold (500m, 1000m, 3000m and relay) and one silver medal (1500m). St-Gelais was named team Canada's "rising star" of 2009. Marianne St-Gelais is the 2009 world junior champion and world junior record holder in the 500 metres with a time of 43.922 seconds. St-Gelais won her first ever World Cup medal in 500m short track speed skating at

in 2009.

St-Gelais was a member of the Canadian team that attended the

in both the 500m and 3,000m relay. Prior to these Olympic games she had yet to win any medals at an Olympics or world championships. On February 17, her 20th birthday, she won a silver medal in the

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. She followed this success with a silver medal on February 24, in the 3,000 metre relay, along with

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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 W ...

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 ...

. After the Olympics St-Gelais continued on her success at the Olympics with a bronze in the 500m at the 2010 World Championships as well as a silver in the 3,000m relay. At the World Team Championships St-Gelais was a part of the Canadian squad that won silver in the event. This concluded what was the most successful season of her young career, with 2 Olympic silvers, 2 world championship silvers, and a worlds bronze. St-Gelais ended the 2010–11 ISU World Cup season as the 500 m World Cup Champion. At the 2014 Winter Olympics she took a third Olympic medal as part of the Canadian team in the 3,000 m relay.

2018 Winter Olympics

In August 2017, St-Gelais was named to

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team. However she was unable to secure a medal there, being disqualified in the 500 m for interference. However, after the Games she competed in her eighth World Championships, where she secured a bronze medal. She retired from competition that year.

References

External links

Profile of Marianne St-Gelais by Speed Skating Canada
{{DEFAULTSORT:St-Gelais, Marianne 1990 births Living people Canadian female speed skaters Canadian female short track speed skaters Olympic short track speed skaters for Canada Olympic silver medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in short track speed skating Short track speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists French Quebecers People from Roberval, Quebec Sportspeople from Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Sportspeople from Quebec 21st-century Canadian women