Valérie Maltais
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| Born | July 4, 1990 La Baie, Quebec |
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| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (140 lb; 9.8 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Canada |
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| Sport | Speed skating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Valérie Maltais (born in La Baie, Quebec on July 4, 1990) is a Canadian short-track speed skater.
Career [edit]
She began skating at the age of 6 and in 2009 was the Canadian Champion in the 1500m. In that same year she received a bronze medal in relay at the World Short Track Championships.[1] She is set to compete for Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the Ladies' 3000m relay.[2][3]
Post-Olympics Maltais found success at the 2012 World Championships. There she won a bronze medal in a photo finish in the 1,000 m. With her success she qualified for the 3,000 m superfinal where she lapped her entire opposition and won the gold medal. Due to her results she also won the silver medal in the overall standings at the competition.[4] In the finals of the relay however, teammate Marie-Eve Drolet fell and put the Canadians in fourth place and Maltais just missed winning a fourth medal at the event.
References [edit]
- ^ Speed-skating Canada
- ^ Vancouver 2010 Profile
- ^ CTV on "Team Canada"
- ^ "Charles Hamelin wins silver in 1,500-metres at worlds". CBC Sports. March 11, 2011.
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