Lucas Makowsky

Lucas Makowsky

Makowsky in Calgary (2014)
Personal information
Born	(1987-05-30) May 30, 1987 (age 37) Regina, Saskatchewan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Speed skating
Medal record Men's speed skating Representing  Canada Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver Team pursuit World Championships 2011 Inzell Team pursuit 2011 Inzell 1500 m

Lucas Makowsky (born May 30, 1987) is a Canadian speed skater. He started speed skating at six and went on to rank 1st in Canada in the 5000 m and 10000 m for the 2008–09 season.^[1] In addition to skating he also speaks three languages: English, French and Ukrainian.^[2]

He competed for Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the 1500 m, 5000 m, and team pursuit. On February 27, he won a gold medal in the team pursuit along with Denny Morrison and Mathieu Giroux.^[3] He also competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi with Giroux and Morrison, achieving fourth place, losing to Poland in the bronze-medal round.^[4][5]

References

1. Profile at Speed Skating Canada Archived 2009-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
2. CTV "Team Canada" Profile
3. Celia, Danny (2010-02-27). "Canada wins team pursuit gold". CTV Olympics. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
4. "Lucas Makowsky". olympic.ca. 18 September 2011.
5. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lucas Makowsky". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.

External links

• Lucas Makowsky at the International Skating Union
• Lucas Makowsky at Team Canada
• Lucas Makowsky at Olympics.com
• Lucas Makowsky at Olympedia (archive)