Nicolas Bean
Nicolas Bean 
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 Canada Italy
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| birthday | October 8, 1987 | ||||||
| place of birth |
Ottawa , Canada
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| size | 175 cm | ||||||
| Weight | 64 kg | ||||||
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| society | Les Fines Lames de Ste-Julie | ||||||
| Trainer |
Derrick Campbell Stephen Gough |
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| National squad | since 2002–2010 | ||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||
| End of career | 2010 (?) | ||||||
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Nicolas Bean (born October 8, 1987 in Ottawa ) is a Canadian - Italian former short tracker .
Career
Bean started short track sports at the age of seven. At an early age he represented his province of Ontario in the respective age groups at the Canadian and North American championships, and finally he won the bronze medal at the Canadian Winter Games with the relay. After he even set a junior world record over 1500 meters, Bean was nominated for the junior world championship in January 2006 in Miercurea Ciuc . There he missed the finals in all individual races, but was able to win the silver medal with the relay. A year later he took part in the Junior World Championships again, but this time missed the podium. For this he triumphed twice at the Canadian Winter Games.
Bean changed the national association and started internationally for the first time in the Short Track World Cup 2008/09 for Italy. There he was able to achieve fifth place in his first appearance over 1500 meters in Salt Lake City . Also in the second race at the same place he was at least a good twelfth, with the relay he was ranked 8. At the second World Cup station in Vancouver , however, Bean was disqualified in his 1,500 meter race, but he again placed fifth with the relay Rank.
In 2010 he won the relay gold for Italy at the 2010 European Short Track Championships in Dresden . In the same year he competed for Italy at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2010 Short Track Team World Championships in Bormio . After that no more competitions are known.
Web links
- Nicolas Bean's blog ( Memento from April 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Nicolas Bean in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
- 2006 World Junior Championships, Romania on sportresult.com (English)
- Nicolas Bean (ITA) on sportresult.com (English)
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| SURNAME | Bean, Nicolas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian-Italian short tracker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ottawa |