24 Facts About Charles Hamelin

Charles Hamelin was born on April 14,1984 and is a Canadian retired short track speed skater.

Charles Hamelin was the 2014 Overall World Cup season winner and the 2018 Overall World Champion, giving him all the achievements available in the sport.

Charles Hamelin won his first two Olympic gold medals on home ice in Vancouver before picking up two more, the last in his final Olympic appearance in Beijing.

Charles Hamelin was seemingly following the footsteps of a long line of accomplished French-Canadian short track speedskaters like Marc Gagnon and Eric Bedard.

Charles Hamelin continued to skate on the relay team, which finished first in the final standings.

Charles Hamelin took a second gold at the World Team Championships that year.

Charles Hamelin was a medal favourite in the 500,1000,1500, and 5000-metre relay.

Charles Hamelin was in second for much of the race, with Jung-Su in the lead, but on the last lap was passed by Ohno and finished third.

Only the top two qualified for the A-Final, and Charles Hamelin was thus relegated to the B-Final, where he finished in first place.

Charles Hamelin fell into third on the following lap, unable to sustain the high speeds much longer.

Charles Hamelin shared that gold with his brother Francois, as well as Tremblay, Olivier Jean and Guillaume Bastille.

Charles Hamelin won a silver at the 2010 World Team Championships.

Charles Hamelin put up decent results through the 2012 season despite several nagging injuries and carried that success into the World Championships.

Charles Hamelin was injured in the fall and did not compete in the men's relay final, but he still won gold for his earlier participation in the semi-final.

Charles Hamelin started the race, pushed to the front of the seven-man pack, and retained that lead for most of the race.

Towards the end of the race, Charles Hamelin's lead was challenged by both China's Han Tianyu and Russia's Viktor Ahn, but Charles Hamelin passed Han and held on to win the gold medal as Canada's second gold medal of the Sochi Olympics.

Charles Hamelin concluded the Games in the 5000 m relay, where the Canadian team won bronze, his fifth Olympic medal.

Charles Hamelin rebounded from the disappointing Olympics to win his first ever World Championship overall title, taking gold in the 1000 m and 1500 m events and silver in the men's relay on home ice in Montreal, after several near misses previously.

Charles Hamelin was the first Canadian man since Marc Gagnon twenty years earlier to win the Overall World Championship.

In January 2022, Charles Hamelin was named to his fifth and final Olympic team.

Charles Hamelin competed in only one individual event in Beijing, that being the 1500 m, in which he was the reigning world champion.

Charles Hamelin was disqualified for an illegal lane change in the semi-final, while teammate Steven Dubois won the silver medal.

Short track is a family affair for Charles Hamelin: his brother Francois Charles Hamelin is a fellow Olympian and national short track member.

Charles Hamelin is presently engaged to sports journalist Genevieve Tardif, with whom he shares a daughter, Violette, born on April 23,2020.