Valerie MALTAIS
Events and Medals
| Discipline | Event | Rank | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
Speed Skating |
Women's 3000m | 12 | |
| Women's Mass Start | 6 | ||
| Women's Team Pursuit | 1 |
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Schedule
Biographical Information
Highlights
Historical Results
| Olympic Games | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 2 | Women's 3000 metres Relay | 2014 | Sochi, RUS |
| 2 | Women's 3000 metres Relay | 2010 | Vancouver, CAN |
| 6 | Women's 1500m | 2014 | Sochi, RUS |
| 6 | Women's 1000m | 2014 | Sochi, RUS |
| 7 | Women's 1000m | 2018 | PyeongChang, KOR |
| 8 | Women's 3000 metres Relay | 2018 | PyeongChang, KOR |
| 9 | Women's 500m | 2014 | Sochi, RUS |
| 14 | Women's 1500m | 2010 | Vancouver, CAN |
| 19 | Women's 1500m | 2018 | PyeongChang, KOR |
| World Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 1 | Women's 3000m Superfinal | 2012 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 2 | Women's 3000m Relay | 2016 | Seoul, KOR |
| 2 | Women's 3000m Relay | 2014 | Montreal, QC, CAN |
| 2 | Women's 3000m Relay | 2013 | Debrecen, HUN |
| 2 | Women's Overall | 2012 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 2 | Women's 3000m Relay | 2010 | Sofia, BUL |
| 3 | Women's 3000m Relay | 2018 | Montreal, QC, CAN |
| 3 | Women's 1000m | 2014 | Montreal, QC, CAN |
| 3 | Women's 3000m Superfinal | 2014 | Montreal, QC, CAN |
| 3 | Women's Overall | 2014 | Montreal, QC, CAN |
| 3 | Women's 1000m | 2012 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 3 | Women's 3000m Relay | 2011 | Sheffield, GBR |
| 3 | Women's 3000m Relay | 2009 | Vienna, AUT |
| 4 | Women's 1500m | 2014 | Montreal, QC, CAN |
| 4 | Women's 3000m Relay | 2012 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 5 | Women's 3000m Relay | 2017 | Rotterdam, NED |
| 5 | Women's 1500m | 2013 | Debrecen, HUN |
| 6 | Women's 3000m Relay | 2015 | Moscow, RUS |
| 7 | Women's 500m | 2012 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 8 | Women's 500m | 2013 | Debrecen, HUN |
| 9 | Women's 500m | 2014 | Montreal, QC, CAN |
| 9 | Women's Overall | 2013 | Debrecen, HUN |
| 11 | Women's 1500m | 2009 | Vienna, AUT |
| 12 | Women's 1000m | 2013 | Debrecen, HUN |
| 13 | Women's 500m | 2016 | Seoul, KOR |
| 13 | Women's 1000m | 2016 | Seoul, KOR |
| 13 | Women's 1500m | 2012 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 13 | Women's Overall | 2009 | Vienna, AUT |
| 14 | Women's Overall | 2016 | Seoul, KOR |
| 14 | Women's 500m | 2009 | Vienna, AUT |
| 16 | Women's 1500m | 2016 | Seoul, KOR |
| 21 | Women's 1000m | 2009 | Vienna, AUT |
| World Single Distance Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 2 | Women's Team Pursuit | 2021 | Heerenveen, NED |
| 3 | Women's Mass Start Semi-Final 1 | 2021 | Heerenveen, NED |
| 3 | Women's Team Pursuit | 2020 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
| 6 | Women's Mass Start | 2020 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
| 7 | Women's 5000m | 2021 | Heerenveen, NED |
| 8 | Women's Mass Start Final | 2021 | Heerenveen, NED |
| 8 | Women's 3000m | 2021 | Heerenveen, NED |
| 12 | Women's 3000m | 2020 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
| 12 | Women's 3000m | 2019 | Inzell, GER |
| 13 | Women's 1500m | 2021 | Heerenveen, NED |
| 15 | Women's 1500m | 2019 | Inzell, GER |
| 17 | Women's Allround | 2020 | Hamar, NOR |
| 23 | Women's Mass Start | 2019 | Inzell, GER |
| World Team Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 2 | Women's Team | 2010 | Bormio, ITA |
| 4 | Women's Team | 2011 | Warsaw, POL |
| 4 | Women's Team | 2009 | Heerenveen, NED |
| World Allround Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 17 | Women's Allround | 2019 | Calgary, AB, CAN |
| World Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Women's 1500m | Women's Team Pursuit | Women's Long Distances | Women's Mass Start |
| 2020/21 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 16 |
| 2019/20 | 31 | 1 | 13 | 20 |
| 2018/19 | 33 | 19 | ||
Vale
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Athlete
Dietics at College Maisonneuve, Montreal (CAN)
Partner, Jordan Belchos.
French, English
Partner Jordan Belchos (Speed skating): PyoengChang 2018 Canadian Olympian, finishing fifth in the 10000m. Three-time World Single Distance Championship medallist, winning individual silver in the mass start (2020).
Short track speed skating: Three-time Olympian (2010-18), winning relay silver at Sochi 2014, with four top-10 individual finishes. Twelve World Championship medals, including winning 3000m gold in 2012 (Shanghai), three individual bronze medals, four relay silvers and two bronze, and overall silver in 2012 and bronze in 2014 (Montreal). Added World Team Championship silver in 2010 (Bormio). Won three World Cup races (two in 1000m) and finished the 1000m second overall in 2015/16.
Inline speed skating: Competed at the 2015 Pan American Games, placing seventh in two events.
2018 World Cup in Tomaszow Mazowiecki (1500m B - 7th, 5000m B - 2nd)
August 2017: Concussion during the Canadian Olympic trials.
2016: Adductor tendinitis and hip problems, hindering her training for most of the second half of the year.
2018
"I began my journey on ice as a figure skater, but quickly my parents noticed my passion for speed. At first, when I tried short-track speed skating at my hometown club, I cried to not go on ice but I also cried to not get off! I knew that I had found my passion. In 2018, I transitioned from short track speed skating to long-track speed skating." (valeriemaltais.ca, 2021)
"I found most of my success in the Team Pursuit event. My ultimate goal: to be on the podium Beijing 2022." (valeriemaltais.ca, 2021)
Winning overall silver at the 2012 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Shanghai. (Info 2018)
Sebastien Cros (FRA), short track skater and coach. (isu.org)
"Even though I do an individual sport, teamwork is essential to my success. Every day, I strive for my passion for health and accomplishment." (valeriemaltais.ca, 2021)
Speed Skating Canada's Female Short Track Skater of the Year (2012, 2014)
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