William Dandjinou

William Dandjinou (born October 1, 2001) is a Canadian short-track speed skater.^[1] Dandjinou is a four-time world champion winning gold in the 1,000 m at the 2024 world championships and winning three golds at the 2025 world championships, where he repeated as the 1,500 m champion and won two more golds in the men's and mixed relays. Dandjinou is noted for being "unusually tall for a short-tracker" measuring 6-foot-3 without skates, considerably above the 5-foot-9 height he considers ideal for the sport.^[2]

William Dandjinou

Personal information
Born	(2001-10-01) October 1, 2001 (age 23) Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Short track speed skating
Medal record Men's short track speed skating Representing  Canada World Championships 2024 Rotterdam 1000 m 2025 Beijing 1500 m 2025 Beijing 5000 m relay 2025 Beijing 2000 m mixed relay 2025 Beijing 1000 m Four Continents Championships 2024 Laval 1000 m 2024 Laval 5000 m relay 2023 Salt Lake City 1000 m

Career

Dandjinou was a reserve for the Canadian team at the 2022 Winter Olympics.^[3]

Dandjinou began the 2023-2024 season with a victory at the Canadian Championships.^[4] As part of the 2023–24 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup, Dandjinou won multiple medals across various legs of the competition.^[5][6][7] At the 2024 Four Continents Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Laval, Quebec, Dandjinou won the gold medal in the 1000 metres event and was part of the bronze medal winning 5000 metres relay team.^[8]

Dandjinou would cap the season with a gold medal at the 2024 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands.^[9]

In the 2024–25 ISU Short Track World Tour (the replacement for the ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup season) Dandjinou became the first Canadian to win the Crystal Globe as the season’s overall top skater, competing in all six World Cup stops, winning eight gold medals and two silver; he took gold in the 500, 1000, and 1500-metre events, the only skater to win gold in each length. His wins led the "Ice Maples" (the team identity for the Canadian national short track speed skating team) to win the team Crystal Globe, awarded to the group of skaters who earn the most points across the six international stops.^[2]