Graeme Fish
{{short description|Canadian speed skater}}
{{Infobox speed skater
| name = Graeme Fish
| image = Graeme Fish 2022.jpg
| headercolor = #d7ecff
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|8|23}}
| birth_place = Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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| country = Canada
| event = 5000 m, 10,000 m
| club = Moose Jaw Speed Skating Club
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCompetition|World Single Distances Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2020 Salt Lake City|10000 m}}
{{MedalBronze|2020 Salt Lake City|5000 m}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2024 Calgary|10000 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|Four Continents Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2025 Hachinohe|5000 m}}
{{Medal|Silver|2024 Salt Lake City|5000 m}}
}}
Graeme Fish (born August 23, 1997) is a Canadian long track speed skater who specializes in the long-distance events.{{cite web |title=Profile Fish, Greame |url=https://www.speedskating.ca/people/fish-graeme |website=Speed Skating Canada}} His best events include the 5000m and 10,000m
Career
On February 13, 2020, he won a bronze medal at the 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships at the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City, United States.[https://media.isuresults.eu/downloads/2_men_5000_a_result_signed_20200213231032.pdf 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships results]
The next day he won the gold medal in the 10,000 meters in a new world record of 12:33.86, becoming the first man from outside the Netherlands to win gold in this distance event in the 20 times it has been held at the worlds.{{cite news |title=Canada's Graeme Fish breaks 10,000m world record at speed skating championships |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/speedskating/speed-skating-single-distance-championships-utah-friday-results-1.5464954 |accessdate=15 February 2020 |publisher=CBC Sports |date=14 February 2020}} He overtook the 2015 record set by his compatriot and mentor Ted-Jan Bloemen who finished second.
Personal records
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{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|500 m|38.33|10 February 2017|Olympic Oval, Calgary|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1000 m|1:13.73|27 November 2016|Olympic Oval, Calgary|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1500 m|1:49.70|3 January 2020|Olympic Oval, Calgary|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|3000 m|3:44.44|28 December 2019|Olympic Oval, Calgary|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|5000 m|6:06.32|13 February 2020|Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|10,000 m|12:33.86|14 February 2020|Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City| List of world records in speed skating}}
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References
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External links
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- {{ISU speed skater|1552450}}
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{{s-bef|before={{flagicon|CAN}} Ted-Jan Bloemen}}
{{s-ttl|title=Men's 10,000 m speed skating world record|years=14 February 2020 – 14 February 2021}}
{{s-aft|after={{flagicon|SWE}} Nils van der Poel}}
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{{Footer World Single Distance Champions 10000m Speed Skating Men}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fish, Graeme}}
Category:Canadian male speed skaters
Category:Sportspeople from Moose Jaw
Category:World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists
Category:Olympic speed skaters for Canada