Éric Bédard

This article is about the speed skater. For the Major League Baseball pitcher, see Érik Bédard.

Medal record
Men's short track speed skating
Competitor for Canada
Olympic Games
Gold	1998 Nagano	5000 m relay
Gold	2002 Salt Lake City	5000 m relay
Silver	2006 Turin	5000 m relay
Bronze	1998 Nagano	1000 m
World Championships
Gold	2000 Sheffield	500 m
Gold	1998 Vienna	5000 m relay
Gold	2005 Chuncheon	Team
Gold	2003 Sofia	Team
Gold	2001 Nobeyama	Team
Gold	2000 The Hague	Team
Gold	1998 Bormio	Team
Silver	2003 Warsaw	5000 m relay
Silver	2002 Montréal	5000 m relay
Silver	2001 Jeonju	5000 m relay
Silver	2000 Sheffield	Overall
Silver	2000 Sheffield	1500 m
Silver	1998 Vienna	500 m
Silver	2002 Milwaukee	Team
Silver	1999 St. Louis	Team
Bronze	2002 Montréal	1000 m
Bronze	1999 Sofia	5000 m relay

Éric Bédard (born December 17, 1976, in Sainte-Thècle, Quebec) is a Canadian short track speed skater who has won 4 Olympic medals (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze). He participated in three individual events at the 2006 Winter Olympics and finished fourth in the 500 meters. He also led a team into the 5000 meter relay, winning the silver medal. He has been a long time member of Canada's short track team and has won four medals in three Olympic games: bronze in the 1,000 meters in Nagano, and two golds and a silver in the 5,000 meter relay. He has also had a lot of success at the World Championships, capturing 10 medals, including three golds (5,000 m relay in 2005 and 1998 and 500 m in 2000).

Bédard was national squad coach of Germany from 2008 till 2010. From 2010 he is national squad coach in Italy.

See also

Canadian short track speed skating all-time medals list

External links

• Bedard's web site – in French
• Bedard's profile at Yahoo.com