Valérie Maltais

Valérie Maltais ( born April 7, 1990 in La Baie ) is a Canadian Shorttrackerin.

The first international start Maltais ' took place at the Junior World Cup in Miercurea Ciuc in January 2006. There they failed in the individual competitions, although always at the latest in the semifinals, but with the season she managed the fourth rank. A year later, she again took part in the Junior World Championships, but missed again a top 5 placement. When they were at national competitions achieved good results and won, among others, the silver medal over 1000 meters at the Canadian Championships in 2007, it was total in eight in the national rankings. Nevertheless, they nominated the Canadian Association for the next season 2007/ 08 for no international race, but it was Canadian junior champion in the 1500 meter distance. Although they only held a twelfth place in the Canadian ranking at the end of the season, Maltais is qualified as a junior athlete for the short track speed skating World Cup 2008/ 09, where it reached two third places in the relay immediately. To do this you get two top ten results in the individual.

Before Maltais started with the short track speed skating at the age of six years, they had initially participated in figure skating competitions. She also holds the national junior record over 500 meters and in 2007 was three-time Junior National Champion of Canada.

Maltais was at the World Cup 2012 in Shanghai World Champion in the 3000 -meter super final.

At the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014, she won the silver season, what you succeeded again at the next World Championships in Montreal, as they also won three bronze medals.