Mathieu Turcotte

Mathieu Turcotte
Medal record
Men's short track speed skating
Representing Canada Canada
Olympic Games
2002 Salt Lake City 5000 m relay
2006 Turin 5000 m relay
2002 Salt Lake City 1000 m
World Championships
1998 Bormio Team
2000 The Hague Team
2001 Nobeyama Team
2003 Sofia Team
2005 Chuncheon Team
2005 Beijing 5000 m relay
2006 Minneapolis 5000 m relay
2001 Jeonju 5000 m relay
2002 Montréal 5000 m relay
2002 Milwaukee Team
2003 Warsaw 5000 m relay
2004 St. Petersburg Team
2006 Montréal Team

Mathieu Turcotte (born February 8, 1977) is a Canadian athlete. He was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec.

Turcotte rose to fame within Canada, upon winning the bronze in the men's 1000 m in the short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics, with a time of 1:30.563 (a race more remembered for the victory of Australian Steven Bradbury), and winning a gold as part of the men's 5000 m relay at the same games, with a team time of 6:51.579.

He placed 6th at the men's 1500 m short track speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics with a time of 2:24.558.

Mathieu is now the President of Apex Racing Skates, a company that makes custom short track speed skates.[1]

Career

References

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