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Jordan Pierre-Gilles

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Jordan Pierre-Gilles
Personal information
Born(1998-05-24)May 24, 1998(age 26)
Sherbrooke,Quebec,Canada
Sport
CountryCanada
SportShort track speed skating
Medal record
Men'sshort track speed skating
RepresentingCanada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing 5000 m relay
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Montreal 5000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rotterdam 500 m

Jordan Pierre-Gilles(born May 24, 1998) is a Canadianshort-track speed skater.[1]

Career

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Pierre-Gilles made hisWorld Cupdebut in the2019–2020 season,helping Canada to a bronze medal in the mixed relay at the Shanghai stop and gold in the men's 5000 metres relay at the last stop in Dordrecht.[1][2]

Pierre-Gilles made hisWorld Championshipsdebut at the2021 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships.[3]Pierre-Gilles followed this up with a third-place finish at the Canadian Championships in August 2021, allowing him to be named to the Canadian team for the upcoming World Cup season.[4]

On January 18, 2022, Pierre-Gilles was named toCanada's 2022 Olympic team.[5][6][7][8]Pierre-Gilles won a gold medal as part of Canada's team in the5000 m relayevent.[9][10][11][12]

References

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  1. ^ab"Jordan Pierre-Gilles".olympic.ca/.Canadian Olympic Committee.RetrievedJanuary 23,2022.
  2. ^"Jordan Pierre-Gilles, un espoir sherbrookois en patinage de vitesse"[Jordan Pierre-Gilles, a Sherbrooke hopeful in speed skating].Radio Canada(in French). Montreal, Quebec, Canada. December 22, 2019.RetrievedJanuary 23,2022.
  3. ^Boriero, Michael (March 2, 2021)."Local speed skater heads to the international stage".The Record.Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.RetrievedJanuary 23,2022.
  4. ^Lajoie, Sébastien (September 1, 2021)."La résilience payante pour Jordan Pierre-Gilles"[Resilience pays off for Jordan Pierre-Gilles].La Tribune(in French). Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.RetrievedJanuary 23,2022.
  5. ^"Communication 2442: XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 Beijing Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating".International Skating Union.December 9, 2021.RetrievedDecember 9,2021.
  6. ^Nichols, Paula (January 18, 2022)."Ten short track speed skaters nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022".olympic.ca.Canadian Olympic Committee.RetrievedJanuary 18,2022.
  7. ^Barnes, Dan (January 18, 2022)."Plenty of medal potential on Canada's short track speed skating team headed for Beijing".Toronto Sun.Toronto, Ontairo, Canada.RetrievedJanuary 18,2022.
  8. ^"3 speed skating veterans lead inexperienced Canadian Olympic short track team".cbc.ca/.CBC Sports.January 18, 2022.RetrievedJanuary 18,2022.
  9. ^Nichols, Paula (February 16, 2022)."Gold for Canada in men's 5000m short track relay is 6th Olympic medal of Hamelin's career".olympic.ca.Canadian Olympic Committee.RetrievedFebruary 16,2022.
  10. ^"Canada wins Olympic short-track relay gold, Hamelin ties record".sportsnet.ca.Sportsnet.February 16, 2022.RetrievedFebruary 16,2022.
  11. ^D'Andrea, Aaron (February 16, 2022)."Canada wins gold in men's 5,000 m speed skating relay at Beijing Olympics".Global News.Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.RetrievedFebruary 16,2022.
  12. ^Harrison, Doug (February 16, 2022)."Charles Hamelin strikes short-track gold in final Olympic race".cbc.ca/.CBC Sports.RetrievedFebruary 16,2022.
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