Heather McLean
{{short description|Canadian speed skater}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{similar names|Heather MacLean (disambiguation){{!}}Heather MacLean}}
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| birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| height = 1.64 m
| weight = 57 kg
| country = Canada
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{{MedalCompetition|World Single Distances Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Inzell|Team sprint}}
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Heather McLean (born January 4, 1993) is a Canadian speed skater who is specialized in the sprint distances.
Career
McLean won her first World Cup medal in November 2015 at the World Cup stop in Calgary when she finished third in the women's team sprint event. In December, she won her first medal in a singles event when she finished third in the women's 500 m event in Inzell.{{cite web |url=http://live.isuresults.eu/2015-2016/inzell/r312.htm |title=ISU World Cup Inzell – 4–6 December 2015 – Result 500m Ladies Division A |publisher=International Skating Union (ISU) |date=December 6, 2015 }}{{cite web|title=Canadian speed skater McLean earns bronze for first World Cup medal|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/canadian-speed-skater-mclean-earns-bronze-for-first-world-cup-medal-1.2689189|website=www.ctvnews.ca|publisher=CTV News|date=December 6, 2015}} She is coached by Kevin Crockett.
=2018 Winter Olympics=
McLean 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=January 10, 2018|website=www.cbc.ca/sports/|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)|access-date=January 11, 2018}}{{cite news|last=Spencer|first=Donna|date=January 10, 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=January 11, 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=January 10, 2018|website=www.speedskating.ca/|publisher=Speed Skating Canada|access-date=January 11, 2018|archive-date=January 11, 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
{{PersonalRecordsTop|ref={{cite web|title=Heather McLean|url=http://speedskatingresults.com/index.php/index.php?p=17&s=5554|publisher=speedskatingresults.com|accessdate=March 4, 2016}}}}
{{PersonalRecordsSport|Women's speed skating}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|500 m|37.34|5 January 2016|Olympic Oval, Calgary|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1000 m|1:15.63|5 January 2016|Olympic Oval, Calgary|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1500 m|2:01.04|2 January 2014|Olympic Oval, Calgary|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|3000 m|4:31.69|16 February 2013|Olympic Oval, Calgary|}}
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References
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External links
- {{ISU speed skater|832380}}
- [http://www.speedskating.ca/people/mclean-heather Speed Skating Canada profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113180631/http://www.speedskating.ca/people/mclean-heather |date=November 13, 2016 }}
- {{Twitter}}
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Category:Canadian female speed skaters
Category:Speed skaters from Winnipeg
Category:Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic speed skaters for Canada
Category:World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists