Country Canada Height 1.61 m Role Speed Skater | Name Ivanie Blondin Sport Speed skating Weight 56 kg | |
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Born April 2, 1990 (age 33) ( 1990-04-02 ) Ottawa, Ontario Profiles | ||
Ivanie Blondin - Long Track Speed Skating
Ivanie Blondin (born April 2, 1990) is a Canadian speed skater. She primarily skates in the long distances of 3000 m, 5000 m, as well as the mass start event. Blondin won a silver medal at the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships.
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- Ivanie Blondin Long Track Speed Skating
- Yekaterina shikhova ivanie blondin 1500m calgary 2011
- Career
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Career
She began her career competing in short track speed skating while a youth in the Gloucester Concordes skating club. She competed there with fellow Olympian Vincent De Haître to whom she says she feels like an older sister towards. After Blondin failed to qualify in short track for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver she nearly quit sport. Mike Rivet, her coach in Gloucester, convinced her to switch to long track, a decision which she says "I was ready to quit skating because I was just so discouraged and disappointed with it. I think (the switch) was the best decision I could have ever made." As a result, Blondin represented Canada in both the long distance events at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi as well as the team pursuit event.
Blondin won her first major competitive medal when she placed second in the mass start event at the 2015 World Single Distance Championships. After the race she said "I would have preferred the gold medal, but finishing first at this stage of my career remains a big accomplishment for me, so I'm super pumped with second place. I'm ecstatic with the result, which follows a fantastic season."
