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Gordon Audley (April 20, 1928 – October 1, 2012) was a Canadian speed skater and Olympic medalist. He was born in Winnipeg , Manitoba . He received a bronze medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo , [ 1 ] shared with Arne Johansen , after serving as Canada's flag bearer in the opening ceremonies.
Frank Stack (January 1, 1906 – January 25, 1987) was a Canadian speed skater. He competed at the 1932, 1948 and 1952 Olympics and won a bronze medal in the 10000 m in 1932, placing fourth in the 500 m and 1500 m and seventh in the 5000 m events. He missed the 1936 Games due to lack of funds to travel to Berlin. [1]
Personal records [3]: Speed skating: Event Result Date Location Notes 500 m: 35.67: 9 March 2018: Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City: 1000 m: 1:08.77: 19 October 2019: Olympic Oval, Calgary ...
Susan Margaret Auch (born March 1, 1966) is a Canadian former speed skater who competed in five Winter Olympics, winning bronze in the 3000m relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, and the silver in the 500 m events at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway and the 1998 games at Nagano, Japan. [1]
Doreen McCannell Botterill (born July 29, 1947) is a Canadian speed skater. She competed for Canada in speed skating at the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics. She had won the 1966 North American Senior Ladies Championship. In 1995, she was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame. [1]
The governing body for speed skating, the International Skating Union (ISU), was included in the list of recognized federations when the International Olympic Committee was founded, but was first discussed seriously for the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. No speed skating events were contested, although figure skating – also governed by the ...
At the 1914 Olympic Congress, the delegates agreed to include long-track speed skating in the 1916 Olympics, after figure skating had featured in the 1908 Olympics. However, World War I put an end to the plans of Olympic competition, and it was not until the winter sports week in Chamonix in 1924—retroactively awarded Olympic status—that ...
The events took place between 5 and 16 February 2022. A total of nine short track speed skating events were held. [1] In July 2018, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially added the mixed relay held over a distance of 2000 metres, increasing the total number of events to nine. [2]