Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu

Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu (born May 5, 1992) is a Canadian long track speed skater and short track speed skater. Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Gélinas-Beaulieu currently resides in Quebec City. He is currently a member of the national long track team for Canada.

Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu

Gélinas-Beaulieu in 2022
Personal information
Born	(1992-05-05) May 5, 1992 (age 33) Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Speed skating
Event	Mass start
Medal record Representing  Canada Men's speed skating World Single Distances Championships 2023 Heerenveen Team sprint 2024 Calgary Team sprint 2023 Heerenveen Team pursuit 2024 Calgary Mass start 2020 Salt Lake City Mass start 2024 Calgary Team pursuit Four Continents Championships 2023 Quebec 1500 m 2024 Salt Lake City Team sprint 2023 Quebec Team pursuit 2024 Salt Lake City Team pursuit 2024 Salt Lake City Mass start Men's short-track speed skating World Junior Championships 2009 Sherbrooke 1000m 2010 Taipei Overall 2010 Taipei 1500m super final 2010 Taipei 1000m 2010 Taipei 500m 2010 Taipei 3000m relay 2009 Sherbrooke 1500m Canada Games 2011 Halifax 1500m 2011 Halifax 3000m 2011 Halifax 5000m super 2011 Halifax Team pursuit 2011 Halifax 500m

Career

The 2009 World Junior Short Track Championships were held in his hometown of Sherbrooke. Antoine won a silver medal in the 1000 m and a bronze in the 1500 m race; this aided his 4th-place finish overall as a 16-year-old. Gélinas-Beaulieu was named Quebec's male national athlete of the year at the 37th annual Sports Québec Gala on December 23, 2009.^[1] At the following junior short track championships in 2010 in Taipei he won five silver medals in the 500m, 1000m, 1500m super final, 3000m relay, and the overall silver medal.^[2][3][4]

Gélinas-Beaulieu also received two bronze medals at the 2010 World Junior Speed Skating Championships in long track. He received the bronze medals in the 1500 m and the 5000 m.^[5] He also finished third overall in the competition.^{[citation needed]}

Next he attended the 2011 Canada Winter Games in Halifax, Nova Scotia. There Gélinas-Beaulieu won three gold medals in long track speed skating for Quebec in the 1,500 m, 3,000 m, 5,000 m. His victories came as part of a comeback, as much of the previous season had been lost to him due to being ill from mononucleosis.^[6]