1. Ivanie Blondin won the silver medal at the 2020 World Allround Speed Skating Championships.
15 Facts About Ivanie Blondin
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Ivanie Blondin won a gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Women's team pursuit.
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Ivanie Blondin began her career competing in short track speed skating while a youth in the Gloucester Concordes skating club.
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Ivanie Blondin competed there with fellow Olympian Vincent De Haitre, to whom she feels like an older sister.
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Ivanie Blondin won her first major competitive medal when she placed second in the mass start event at the 2015 World Single Distance Championships.
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Ivanie Blondin competed in the 3000 m, 5000 m, mass start, and team relay events.
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Ivanie Blondin was the first Canadian woman to reach the overall podium at that event since 2012 and only the fifth since the event started in 1936.
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In January 2022, Ivanie Blondin was named to her first Olympic team.
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Ivanie Blondin would go on to win the gold medal as part of the team pursuit event.
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Ivanie Blondin next competed in the mass start event at the Olympics, comfortably winning her semifinal to go on to the final.
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Ivanie Blondin happily settled for the silver medal, her second of these games.
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Ivanie Blondin started skating in her backyard at the age of 2.
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Ivanie Blondin initially was in figure skating, but seeing herself as a tomboy, she was more inclined to speed skating and took that up at age seven instead.
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Ivanie Blondin said she loved the feeling of speed on her skates, which is why she chose the sport over cross-country skiing.
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Ivanie Blondin is currently in 6th position in the adelskalender.