Danae BLAIS

Canada

Short Track Speed Skating

Date of Birth: 10 May 1999

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Place of birth: CHATEAUGUAY, QC

Birth Country:

Canada

Residence: CHATEAUGUAY, QC

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Short Track Speed Skating	Women's 1500m	25
	Women's 3000m Relay CAN Canada	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
After Semifinal 1	Capital Indoor Stadium	Women's 3000m Relay - Semifinal 2	Finished
	Capital Indoor Stadium	Women's 3000m Relay - Final A	Finished
After Quarterfinal 2	Capital Indoor Stadium	Women's 1500m - Quarterfinal 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Women's 3000m Relay	2021	Dordrecht, NED

World Junior Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women's 3000m Relay	2018	Tomaszow Mazowiecki, POL
10	Women's 1500m	2018	Tomaszow Mazowiecki, POL
11	Women's 500m	2018	Tomaszow Mazowiecki, POL
11	Women's 1000m	2018	Tomaszow Mazowiecki, POL
19	Women's Overall	2018	Tomaszow Mazowiecki, POL

Four Continents Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women's 3000m Relay	2020	Montreal, QC, CAN

World Cup
Season	Women's 500m	Women's 1000m	Women's 1500m
2021/22			23
2019/20	68	54	9
2018/19	28	62

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Social and Behavioural Science - College of Maisonneuve (Montreal, QC, CAN)

Family:

Older brother, Cedrik.

Languages spoken:

French, English

Club name:

Maurice Richard Arena

Coach:

National: Jon Cavar (CAN), Jeffrey Scholten (CAN)

Sporting relatives:

Brother Cedrik Blais (Short track): Eight total World Cup podiums, including wins in the relay (Dordrecht 2020) and mixed relay (Almaty 2018). Relay silver medallist at the 2020 Four Continents.

Debut:

2018 World Cup in Salt Lake City (500m - 7th, 1000m - 30th)

National team:

2015

Start:

Started skating at age seven in LaSalle, QC. (mn2s.com)

Reason:

"My brother was already doing speed skating so I tried it too and liked it." (isu.org)

Ambition:

Win an Olympic medal. (mn2s.com)

Memorable:

Winning relay gold at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Tomaszow Mazowiecki. (isu.org)

Hero:

Short track skater Kim Boutin (CAN), three-time Olympic and six-time World Championship medallist. (isu.org)

Influence:

Her brother, Cedrik. "My brother has always been a role model for me, he always had the right words to help me, both technically and tactically. I can say that he has played a big role in my career so far." (journaldequebec.com, 16 Oct 2019)

Philosophy:

"Work hard and good things will happen to you." (isu.org)

General Interest

FURRY FRIENDS
Owns two cats, Sarabie and Alexa, who have their own Instagram account. (Instagram)

Milestones

World Junior Champion in 3000m relay in 2018.

Two-time World Cup gold medallist in 2000m and 3000m relay, three-time World Cup silver and three-time World Cup bronze medallist in 3000m relay.

Became half of the first Canadian brother-sister duo to compete in the same World Cup event, when she and her brother Cedrik both skated in Salt Lake City, USA, in 2019. They skated together in the 2000m relay at the subsequent World Cup event in Montreal, QC, CAN, in 2019.

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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