Alexandre St-Jean
{{short description|Canadian speed skater}}
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Alexandre St-Jean (born 10 May 1993) is a Canadian speed skater who is specialized in the sprint distances.
Career
St-Jean started his speed skating career as a short tracker.{{cite web|title=St-Jean, Alexandre|url=http://www.speedskating.ca/people/alexandre-st-jean|website=www.speedskating.ca|publisher=Speed Skating Canada}} He switched from short track to long track speed skating in 2013. He won his first-ever World Cup medal, a gold medal in the team sprint event, at the World Cup in Salt Lake City in November 2015. In December he won a silver medal when he finished second in the World Cup 500m event in Inzell.{{cite web |url=http://live.isuresults.eu/2015-2016/inzell/r301.htm |title=ISU World Cup Inzell – 4–6 December 2015 – Result 500m Men Division A |publisher=International Skating Union (ISU) |date=6 December 2015 |accessdate=7 December 2015 }}{{cite web|title=Gilmore Junio, Alexandre St-Jean give Canada 1-2 speed skating finish|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/speedskating/speed-skating-junio-st-jean-1.3351144|publisher=CBC|date=4 December 2015}} St-Jean is coached by Gregor Jelonek.
=2018 Winter Olympics=
St-Jean qualified to compete for Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/speedskating/canadian-olympic-speed-skating-team-announcement-1.4479749|title=Ted-Jan Bloemen, Ivanie Blondin front Canada's Olympic long track team|last=Harrison|first=Doug|date=10 January 2018|website=www.cbc.ca/sports/|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)|access-date=11 January 2018}}{{cite news|last=Spencer|first=Donna|date=10 January 2018|title=Speed skater Denny Morrison and 'guardian angel' wife both headed to Olympics|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/amateur/2018/01/10/speed-skater-denny-morrison-and-guardian-angel-wife-both-headed-to-olympics.html|work=Canadian Press|location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada|access-date=11 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.speedskating.ca/news-and-info/news/canadian-long-track-speed-skating-team-named-for-pyeongchang-2018|title=Canadian long track speed skating team named for PyeongChang 2018|date=10 January 2018|website=www.speedskating.ca/|publisher=Speed Skating Canada|access-date=11 January 2018|archive-date=11 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111000525/http://www.speedskating.ca/news-and-info/news/canadian-long-track-speed-skating-team-named-for-pyeongchang-2018|url-status=dead}}
Personal records
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{{PersonalRecordsSport| Men's speed skating}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle| 500 m | 34.46 | 22 November 2015 | Salt Lake City | }}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle| 1000 m | 1:07.84 | 2 December 2017 | Calgary | }}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle| 1500 m | 1:49.39 | 2 January 2014 | Calgary | }}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle| 3000 m | 4:02.12 | 15 August 2015 | Calgary| }}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle| 5000 m | 9:19.28 | 16 December 2007 | Quebec City| }}
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Source: SpeedskatingResults.com{{cite web|title=Alexandre St-Jean|url=http://speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=17&s=6760|publisher=speedskatingresults.com|accessdate=7 December 2015}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|url=http://www.alexandrest-jean.com/?lang=en}}
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Category:Canadian male speed skaters
Category:Speed skaters from Quebec City
Category:Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic speed skaters for Canada