Valerie MALTAIS

Canada
Speed Skating
4 Jul 1990
31
Female
1.64/5'4''
LA BAIE, QC
 
Canada
SAINT-LAMBERT, QC
 
Canada

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SSK Speed Skating Women's 3000m 12
Women's Mass Start 6
Women's Team Pursuit
CAN
Canada
 1 Gold

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
National Speed Skating Oval
Women's 3000m
Finished
National Speed Skating Oval
Women's Team Pursuit Quarterfinals
Finished
National Speed Skating Oval
Women's Team Pursuit Final A
Finished
National Speed Skating Oval
Women's Mass Start Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
2Women's 3000 metres Relay2014Sochi, RUS
2Women's 3000 metres Relay2010Vancouver, CAN
6Women's 1500m2014Sochi, RUS
6Women's 1000m2014Sochi, RUS
7Women's 1000m2018PyeongChang, KOR
8Women's 3000 metres Relay2018PyeongChang, KOR
9Women's 500m2014Sochi, RUS
14Women's 1500m2010Vancouver, CAN
19Women's 1500m2018PyeongChang, KOR
World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
1Women's 3000m Superfinal2012Shanghai, CHN
2Women's 3000m Relay2016Seoul, KOR
2Women's 3000m Relay2014Montreal, QC, CAN
2Women's 3000m Relay2013Debrecen, HUN
2Women's Overall2012Shanghai, CHN
2Women's 3000m Relay2010Sofia, BUL
3Women's 3000m Relay2018Montreal, QC, CAN
3Women's 1000m2014Montreal, QC, CAN
3Women's 3000m Superfinal2014Montreal, QC, CAN
3Women's Overall2014Montreal, QC, CAN
3Women's 1000m2012Shanghai, CHN
3Women's 3000m Relay2011Sheffield, GBR
3Women's 3000m Relay2009Vienna, AUT
4Women's 1500m2014Montreal, QC, CAN
4Women's 3000m Relay2012Shanghai, CHN
5Women's 3000m Relay2017Rotterdam, NED
5Women's 1500m2013Debrecen, HUN
6Women's 3000m Relay2015Moscow, RUS
7Women's 500m2012Shanghai, CHN
8Women's 500m2013Debrecen, HUN
9Women's 500m2014Montreal, QC, CAN
9Women's Overall2013Debrecen, HUN
11Women's 1500m2009Vienna, AUT
12Women's 1000m2013Debrecen, HUN
13Women's 500m2016Seoul, KOR
13Women's 1000m2016Seoul, KOR
13Women's 1500m2012Shanghai, CHN
13Women's Overall2009Vienna, AUT
14Women's Overall2016Seoul, KOR
14Women's 500m2009Vienna, AUT
16Women's 1500m2016Seoul, KOR
21Women's 1000m2009Vienna, AUT
World Single Distance Championships
RankEventYearLocation
2Women's Team Pursuit2021Heerenveen, NED
3Women's Mass Start Semi-Final 12021Heerenveen, NED
3Women's Team Pursuit2020Salt Lake City, UT, USA
6Women's Mass Start2020Salt Lake City, UT, USA
7Women's 5000m2021Heerenveen, NED
8Women's Mass Start Final2021Heerenveen, NED
8Women's 3000m2021Heerenveen, NED
12Women's 3000m2020Salt Lake City, UT, USA
12Women's 3000m2019Inzell, GER
13Women's 1500m2021Heerenveen, NED
15Women's 1500m2019Inzell, GER
17Women's Allround2020Hamar, NOR
23Women's Mass Start2019Inzell, GER
World Team Championships
RankEventYearLocation
2Women's Team2010Bormio, ITA
4Women's Team2011Warsaw, POL
4Women's Team2009Heerenveen, NED
World Allround Championships
RankEventYearLocation
17Women's Allround2019Calgary, AB, CAN
World Cup
SeasonWomen's 1500mWomen's Team PursuitWomen's Long DistancesWomen's Mass Start
2020/211411416
2019/203111320
2018/193319
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Vale

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Movies, cooking, yoga, travel, television, board games, gardening

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Athlete

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Dietics at College Maisonneuve, Montreal (CAN)

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Partner, Jordan Belchos.

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French, English

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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).

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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.

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2018 World Cup in Tomaszow Mazowiecki (1500m B - 7th, 5000m B - 2nd)

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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.

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2018

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"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)

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"I found most of my success in the Team Pursuit event. My ultimate goal: to be on the podium Beijing 2022." (valeriemaltais.ca, 2021)

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Winning overall silver at the 2012 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Shanghai. (Info 2018)

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Sebastien Cros (FRA), short track skater and coach. (isu.org)

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"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)

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Speed Skating Canada's Female Short Track Skater of the Year (2012, 2014)
Legend
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Gold
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Gold Medal Event
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