Florence Brunelle

Florence Brunelle

Florence Brunelle at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(2003-12-20) December 20, 2003 (age 21) Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Short track speed skating
Medal record Women's short track speed skating Representing  Canada World Championships 2022 Montreal 3000 m relay Winter Youth Olympics 2020 Lausanne 500 m 2020 Lausanne 1000 m World Junior Championships 2022 Gdańsk 500 m 2022 Gdańsk 1000 m 2022 Gdańsk 3000 m relay 2023 Dresden 500 m 2020 Bormio 500 m 2020 Bormio 1500 m 2023 Dresden 1000 m 2023 Dresden 1000 m

Florence Brunelle (born December 20, 2003) is a Canadian short-track speed skater.^[1]

Career

Junior

Brunelle at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Brunelle competed at the third Winter Youth Olympics held in Lausanne, Switzerland. Brunelle would go onto win the bronze medal in both individual events contested: the 500 metres and 1000 metres.^[2]

Later in the season at the 2020 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Bormio, Italy, Brunelle won two silver medals in the 500 metres and 1500 metres.^[3] At the 2022 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Gdańsk, Poland, Brunelle improved on her silver medal performance in the 500 metres, by winning the gold and becoming World Junior Champion.^[4][5] Brunelle would also win the gold in the 1000 metres event and was part of the 3000 metres relay gold medal winning team.

Senior

Brunelle made her senior debut at the 2021 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Dordrecht, Netherlands.^[1] Brunelle made her World Cup debut in the 2021–22 season, where she won two silver medals in the women's 3000 m relay and the mixed relay.^[1]

Winter Olympics

On January 18, 2022, Brunelle was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.^[6][7][8][9] At the Winter Olympics, Brunelle advanced to the quarterfinals in her only individual event the 500 metres, while finishing fourth in the 3000 metres relay and sixth in the 2000 metres mixed relay.^[1]

References

1. "Florence Brunelle". olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
2. Louis-Simon, Gauthier (January 20, 2020). "Florence Brunelle ajoute une autre médaille aux Jeux olympiques de la Jeunesse" [Florence Brunelle adds another medal at the Youth Olympic Games]. Le Nouvelliste (in French). Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
3. "Double Silver for Florence Brunelle at World Junior Championships in Italy". speedskating.ca/. Speed Skating Canada. February 1, 2020. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
4. "Florence Brunelle and Ann-Sophie Bachand reach 500m podium at World Junior Championships". speedskating.ca/. Speed Skating Canada. March 5, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
5. Vachon, Gauthier (March 5, 2022). "A successful first day in Poland for Florence Brunelle". Le Nouvelliste (in French). Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
6. "Communication 2442: XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 Beijing Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. December 9, 2021. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
7. 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.
8. Barnes, Dan (January 18, 2022). "Plenty of medal potential on Canada's short track speed skating team headed for Beijing". Toronto Sun. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
9. "3 speed skating veterans lead inexperienced Canadian Olympic short track team". cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. January 18, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2022.

External links

• Florence Brunelle at the International Skating Union
• Florence Brunelle at ShortTrackOnLine.info
• Florence Brunelle at Olympics.com
• Florence Brunelle at Olympedia
• Florence Brunelle at Team Canada