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Pascal Dion

Pascal Dion

Canadian short-track speed skater (born 1994)

Pascal Dion (born December 22, 1994) is a Canadian short-track speed skater and Olympic gold medalist.[1]

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Career

2015

Dion competed at the 2015 Winter Universiade in Granada, Spain, where he finished in fourth place in the 1,500 m event.[1][2]

2016

As part of the 2015–16 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup, Dion won his first medal as part of the 5,000 m relay team.

2017

Dion was named to Canada's 2018 Olympic team in August 2017.[3][4] This marked his Olympic debut. Dion would win the bronze medal as part of the 5000 metres relay team.

2022

On January 17, 2022, Dion was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[5][6][7] Dion won a gold medal as part of Canada's team in the 5000 m relay event.[8][9][10][11] Later in the season, Dion would win his first individual World Championships medal, a silver in the 1500 m.[12]

References

  1. [1]
    "Pascal Dion". olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
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    "The Canadian women's relay collects bronze to conclude the short track speed skating competition at the 2015 Winter Universiade in Spain". oua.ca/. Speed Skating Canada. February 13, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
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    Nichols, Paula (August 30, 2017). "10 short track speed skaters nominated to Team Canada for PyeongChang 2018". olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
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    "Gold medallist Hamelin to lead Canada's 2018 short-track team". sportsnet.ca/. Sportsnet. August 30, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
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    Nichols, Paula (January 18, 2022). "Ten short track speed skaters nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
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    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. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
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    "3 speed skating veterans lead inexperienced Canadian Olympic short track team". cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. January 18, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
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    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. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
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    "Canada wins Olympic short-track relay gold, Hamelin ties record". sportsnet.ca. Sportsnet. February 16, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
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    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. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
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    Harrison, Doug (February 16, 2022). "Charles Hamelin strikes short-track gold in final Olympic race". cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  12. [12]
    "Boutin, Dion claim 1,500m silver at short track worlds in Montreal". cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
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