Olivier Jean

Olivier Jean ( born March 15, 1984 in Lachenaie ) is a Canadian Shorttracker.

Jean, who had started at age five with his sport, started already in January 2002 for the first time internationally at the Junior World Championships in Chuncheon. Although he reached there in two individual races the semi-finals and won silver in the relay, he was employed in the next few seasons only in national races. There, he scored including two wins at the Canadian Winter Games in 2003 and a triumph at the Alta Valtellina Trophy 2006. After these successes, the Canadian Association nominated him in October 2006 for the first time for the short track speed skating World Cup, where Jean straightaway Second over 500 meters and with the season was. Also in the next race, he reached another podium finishes, including two World Cup victories over 500 meters and with the team. With this, he also won the silver medal at the 2007 World Championships and the overall victory in the Team of the Year Championship. By these successes he placed at the end of the season even on rank 2 of the Canadian rankings.

The 2007/08 season missed Jean in large part because he had suffered an injury. For this he began the short track speed skating World Cup 2008/ 09 with further podium finishes and a win in the sprint 500 meters. In addition to his successes in the short track speed skating, for which he received the Rising Star Award in 2007, Jean is also in -line skating at the start. Here he succeeded in 2006, the national title. Although he celebrated many successes especially over 500 meters, the long distance 1500 meters is his favorite track.

In August 2013, the American runner Simon Cho has been banned by the International Skating Union for two years, as it had sabotaged runners during the World Short Track Speed ​​Skating Team Championships 2011 in Warsaw jeans.