Anastasia Bucsis
 Bucsis warming up prior to an event in March 2013 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 April 1989 Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[2] |
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Sport | Speed skating |
| Club | Calgary Speed Skating[1] |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic finals | 2010 2014 Winter Olympics |
Anastasia Bucsis (born 30 April 1989) is a former Canadian speed skater. She competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the women's 500-metre competition. In addition, she participated in the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics for women's long track, placing 28th in the 500 metres.
Athletic career
At the University of Calgary, Bucsis studied Communications in Culture, while earning the chance to represent Canada in speed skating at the 2009 Winter Universiade. Starting in 2011, she made three consecutive appearances at the ISU World Single Distances Championships.
On April 10, 2017, Bucsis retired from speed skating after a serious knee injury.[3]
Personal
Bucsis publicly came out as gay in 2013 at Calgary Pride.[4] Bucsis also marched in the 2014 Calgary Pride Parade. She has done extensive work within the LGBTQ community to combat homophobia in sport.[5]
In June 2014, it was revealed that Bucsis used to be in a relationship with women’s hockey goaltender and four-time Winter Games gold medalist Charline Labonté.[6]
Awards and honors
- 2007 Canada Winter Games, Silver, 500 metre speed skating
References
- ^ "Anastasia Bucsis". Speed Skating Canada. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Anastasia Bucsis". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ "Canada's Bucsis retires from speed skating after serious knee injury". CBC. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ "Olympic speed skater Anastasia Bucsis ‘so proud to be gay’". The Globe and Mail, 3 September 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ^ Jim Buzinski Olympic speedskater Anastasia Bucsis comes out in response to Russia's anti-gay laws 3 September 2013
- ^ Charline Labonte I am Charline Labonte, Olympic hockey player and proudly gay 11 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
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