Sylvain Bouchard (born April 12, 1970 in Lorretteville,

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) is a Canadian long track

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. He won the 1000m event at the 1998

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. He competed at the

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...

, finishing 4th at the 500m event and 5th at the 1000m event. He also competed at the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...

, finishing 4th on 500m and 5th on 1000m. He earned the world record time in the 1000m event in 1995 and 1998. He retired from competition the same year.

World records

Over the course of his career, Sylvain Bouchard skated two

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: Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

References

External links

Sylvain Bouchard at SpeedSkatingStats.com

Athlete Profile
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