Tania Vicent
Tania Vicent ( born January 13, 1976 in Laval ) is a former Canadian Shorttrackerin. It started at four consecutive Olympic Games and won at each participating a medal in the relay competition. At the World Championships she was also successful in season and team competitions and won a total of 17 medals, including a world title.
Vicent began at the age of ten years with speed skating and short track speed skating. She started for the club Laval Fabreville and trained under Sébastien Cros and Martin Gagné at the power center in Montreal. It belonged since 1993 to the Canadian national team.
Your first international success came Vicent in the 1995 World Cup in Gjøvik, where she won bronze in the relay. In the same year she also achieved bronze at the World Team Championships in Zoetermeer. In the 1997/98 season Vicent debuted in the World Cup. She qualified for the Olympic Games in Nagano. About 500 m and 1000 m, it was eliminated early on, but with the season, she won her first Olympic medal with bronze. Until their second appearance at the Olympic Games in 2002 in Salt Lake City Vicent won five medals at World Championships in season and team competitions, four in bronze, one in silver. At the Olympics Vicent competed this time only in the relay competition, where she again won bronze in the relay.
Your first and only title at an international championship Vicent reached at the World Championships in Beijing in 2005. She won the gold medal in the relay. In 2006 she took part in Turin for the third time in the Olympic Games. About 1000 m they reached the final and finished fourth, with the season they won the silver medal.
Overall, Vicent won until her retirement in 17 medals at world championships, nine Canadian and eight with the team in the relay. Her best World Cup result in a single race was fifth in the all around at the 2001 World Championships in Jeonju. Over 1500 m, it was also fourth.
She took part in Vancouver for the fourth time in the Olympic Games. About 1000 m they reached the quarter-finals, above 1500 m the semi-finals and the season they won again the silver and thus also at the fourth attempt a medal. After the games, Vicent ended her active career.