Marianne St-Gelais

Marianne St - Gelais (born 17 February 1990 in Roberval ) is a Canadian Shorttrackerin.

She started at the age of ten years, with the ice skating. After first national success at junior level they competed at the Canada Winter Games in 2007 and won four national titles. Then St- Gelais debuted in the 2006/07 season in Budapest for the first time in the World Cup. She reached over 500 m above 1000 m and fifth rank 14th in the 2007/ 08 season it was not used in the World Cup, but started in Bolzano at the Junior World Cup. There, she won bronze medals over 500 meters and with the season in which they finished seventh overall rating. The following season, 2008/ 09 St- Gelais reached about 500 m and with the squadron its first podium in the World Cup. In Sherbrooke near her hometown, she was transferred to 500 meters Junior World Champion and won silver in the relay.

The 2009/10 season was St- Gelais ' final breakthrough into the world top. In the four World Cup events she reached six podium finishes. She qualified for the Olympic Games in Vancouver. There you succeeded so far greatest sporting achievements. She won on her 20th birthday over 500 m behind Wang Meng and before Arianna Fontana silver and could then also with the relay win silver. At the World Championships in Sofia, she won bronze over 500m and was overall in seventh. With the season they also reached silver. Shortly thereafter, she also won silver at the World Team Championships in Bormio. About their parade route 500 m, they dominated the World Cup 2010/11, she won a total of five of the eight races and was overall World Cup winner over this distance. At the World Championships 2011 in Sheffield she could about 500 m surprising win any medal in the relay but took bronze. In the season 2011/12 St- Gelais won in Saguenay and Dordrecht their first World Cup race over 1000 meters, a total she won in season six podium finishes, including two victories over 500 m. At the World Championships in Shanghai, it launched only in the season and finished in the final fourth. The following year, she won two silver and one bronze at the World Championships in Debrecen. At the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014, she won the silver season, what you succeeded again at the next World Cup in Montreal.

St- Gelais lives in Montreal and trained at the city's national training center. She is romantically involved with the Olympic gold medalist Charles Hamelin and Shorttracker.

Winter Olympic Games Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics 2010 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships 2011 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships 2013 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships 2010–11 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup 2011–12 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup 2006–07 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup 2008–09 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup 2009–10 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup Wang Meng (speed skater) 2012 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
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