Éric Bédard (born December 17, 1976, in Sainte-Thècle, Quebec) is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

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 ...

who has won 4 Olympic medals (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze). He participated in three individual events at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second ...

and finished fourth in the 500 meters. He also led a team into the 5000 meter relay, winning the silver medal. He has been a longtime member of Canada's short track team and has won four medals in three Olympic games: bronze in the 1,000 meters in

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, and two golds and a silver in the 5,000 meter relay. He has also had a lot of success at the World Championships, capturing 10 medals, including three golds (5,000 m relay in 2005 and 1998 and 500 m in 2000). Bédard was national squad coach of Germany from 2008 till 2010. From 2010 until 2014 he coached the Italian national team.https://olympic.ca/team-canada/eric-bedard/ Canadian Olympic Team Official Website He also coaches the Canadian national team.

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Bedard's web site
* 1976 births Canadian male short track speed skaters Living people Short track speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Quebec Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic silver medalists for Canada Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic short track speed skaters of Canada Olympic medalists in short track speed skating Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists 20th-century Canadian people 21st-century Canadian people {{Canada-speed-skating-bio-stub

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