François Hamelin (born 18 December 1986) is a Canadian former

short track speed skater Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice skating, 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 s ...

from

Sainte-Julie, Quebec Sainte-Julie (; originally Sainte-Julie-de-Verchères), is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, east of Montreal in Marguerite-D'Youville Regional County Municipality. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census wa ...

, residing in

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. He is the younger brother of acclaimed Canadian short tracker

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 ...

. His father Yves Hamelin is also the director of the Canadian short track program.

Career

While not having nearly the same amount of success of his older brother, Hamelin has had success at the junior level in international competition. He joined the Canadian national senior team for the 2007–08 season. Hamelin has been an important part of the Canadian short track team helping them to both a silver at the 2008 World Championships, and a silver at the 2008 World Team Championships. During the

2010 Winter Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with ...

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, François skated with his brother in the 1000m short track final, only to place 5th. On 26 February, he won a gold medal in the 5000 m relay along with his brother Charles,

François-Louis Tremblay François-Louis Tremblay (born November 13, 1980) is a Canadian retired short track speed skater and five-time Olympic medallist who competed at the 2002, 2006, and 2010 Winter Olympics. François-Louis Tremblay is one of only three Canadian men ...

Olivier Jean Olivier Jean (born March 15, 1984) is a three time Olympian who represented Canada in both short and long track speed skating. Olivier Jean is a gold medalist from the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games in the men's 5000m relay. He is a Canadian short ...

and

Guillaume Bastille Guillaume Bastille (born 21 July 1985) is a Canadian short track speed skater from Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec. He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainla ...

. He also took a silver in the 500 m at the 2010 Worlds, and was part of the Canadian team which won the gold in the 5000 m relay at the 2011 World Championships. He took a total of 48 medals in international competition.

2014 Olympics

In the Sochi 2014 Olympics, he finished 9th in the 1500m and 6th as part of the 5000m relay team.

2018 Olympics

In August 2017, Hamelin was named to Canada's

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team. In June 2018, Hamelin announced his retirement from competition, having launched his own athlete management agency, Balboa Sports.

References

External links

Canadian Speed Skating Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamelin, Francois 1986 births Living people Canadian male short-track speed skaters Olympic short-track speed skaters for Canada Olympic gold 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 Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Lévis, Quebec People from Sainte-Julie, Quebec Sportspeople from Montérégie 21st-century Canadian sportsmen World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists