Marc Gagnon

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Marc Gagnon Short track
nation CanadaCanada Canada
birthday July 24, 1975
place of birth Chicoutimi
size 184 cm
Weight 75 kg
Career
society Montréal International
status resigned
End of career 2002
Medal table
Olympic medals 3 × gold 0 × silver 2 × bronze
World Cup medals 19 × gold 11 × silver 5 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
bronze 1994 Lillehammer 1000 m
gold 1998 Nagano 5000 m relay
gold 2002 Salt Lake City 500 m
gold 2002 Salt Lake City 5000 m relay
bronze 2002 Salt Lake City 1500 m
ISU Short track world championships
gold 1993 Beijing total
gold 1993 Beijing 1000 m
silver 1993 Beijing 500 m
bronze 1993 Beijing 3000 m
gold 1994 Guildford total
gold 1994 Guildford 1000 m
silver 1994 Guildford 1500 m
silver 1994 Cambridge team
bronze 1994 Guildford 3000 m
bronze 1994 Guildford 5000 m relay
gold 1995 Zoetermeer team
silver 1995 Gjøvik total
gold 1995 Gjøvik 1000 m
gold 1995 Gjøvik 5000 m relay
gold 1996 The Hague total
gold 1996 The Hague 1500 m
gold 1996 Lake Placid team
silver 1996 The Hague 1000 m
silver 1996 The Hague 3000 m
silver 1996 The Hague 5000 m relay
gold 1997 Nagano 1500 m
silver 1997 Nagano total
silver 1997 Nagano 5000 m relay
bronze 1997 Nagano 3000 m
gold 1998 Vienna total
gold 1998 Vienna 1500 m
gold 1998 Vienna 1000 m
gold 1998 Vienna 5000 m relay
gold 1998 Bormio team
gold 2000 The Hague team
gold 2001 Nobeyama team
gold 2001 Jeonju 1500 m
silver 2001 Jeonju 3000 m
silver 2001 Jeonju 5000 m relay
bronze 2001 Jeonju total
 

Marc Gagnon (born July 24, 1975 in Chicoutimi , Québec ) is a former Canadian short tracker .

Career

Gagnon started skating at the age of three, and a year later he took part in the first children's competitions. However, it took 15 years before Gagnon could achieve his first international success. At the Short Track World Championship in Beijing in 1993 , he won his first world championship title over 1000 meters as well as over 500 meters silver and over 3000 meters bronze. He also won gold in the overall standings in the end. A year later at the Short Track World Championship in Guildford in 1994 , he repeated the successes from the previous year and became world champion for the second time. He was also able to achieve this title in Cambridge with the team . In the same year Gagnon started for the first time at the Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer . Over 1000 meters he won the bronze medal behind Kim Ki-hoon and Chae Ji-hoon . Over 500 meters and with the 5000 meter relay, he just missed the medal ranks with fourth place. A year later at the Short Track World Championships in 1995 in Gjøvik and Zoetermeer , he won a total of three gold medals. Another year later at the Short Track World Championships in 1996 in The Hague and Lake Placid , he won three gold and three silver medals. He could not build on this success at the 1997 Short Track World Championship . He only won gold here over 1,500 meters. On April 4, 1997, he set the world record over 1,000 meters with a time of 1.28.230. This record lasted two years until January 24, 1999. A year later in Vienna and Bormio he won a total of five gold medals. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , he won gold with the 5,000 meter relay. At the Short Track World Championship in The Hague in 2000 , he was only able to achieve the world champion medal with the team. In 2001 at the World Championships in Jeonju and Nobeyama he was able to win gold again with the team after 2000, as well as gold over 1,500 meters as well as two silver medals and one bronze medal in the overall standings. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , he was the first time Olympic champion over 500 meters and with the 5,000 meter relay. He won bronze over 1,500 meters. In his actual parade discipline, he only reached 16th place. After the Olympics, he ended his active career.

Marc Gagnon is the younger brother of the also successful short tracker Sylvain Gagnon . In 2008 Marc Gagnon was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame . Today he travels through Canada as a motivational speaker.

statistics

winter Olympics

  • Lillehammer 1994 : bronze 1,000 meters, 4,500 meters, 4,5,000 meters relay
  • Nagano 1998 : Gold 5,000 meters relay, 4,500 meters, 16th 1,000 meters
  • Salt Lake City 2002 : gold 500 meters, gold 5,000 meters relay, bronze 1,500 meters, 16th 1,000 meters

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Yzerman, Lewis among Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductees . www.tsn.ca. Retrieved December 3, 2010.