Antoine GELINAS-BEAULIEU

Canada

Speed Skating

Date of Birth: 5 May 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.78/5'10''

Place of birth: SHERBROOKE, QC

Birth Country:

Canada

Residence: QUEBEC CITY, QC

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Speed Skating	Men's 500m	29
	Men's 1000m	22
	Men's 1500m	23
	Men's Mass Start	15

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
National Speed Skating Oval	Men's 1500m	Finished
National Speed Skating Oval	Men's 500m	Finished
National Speed Skating Oval	Men's 1000m	Finished
National Speed Skating Oval	Men's Mass Start Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Hobbies:

Playing piano, drawing, pottery, card games, kayaking, trail running, cycling, his dog Gregor.

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Film Studies - Laval University (Quebec, QC, CAN)

Family:

Wife, Vicki.

Languages spoken:

French, English

Coach:

National: Gregor Jelonek (CAN)

Other sports:

Short track speed skating: Competed at the 2009 and 2010 Junior World Championships, winning five silvers and a bronze medal.

Debut:

2015 World Cup Calgary (5000m B-division - 24th)

National team:

2015

Start:

At age nine in Waterloo, QC (CAN). (isu.org, 2022)

Reason:

Used to play ice hockey, rarely scored but was very quick, so switched to short track speed skating. After a bout of glandular fever, he switched to speed skating. (Schaatsseizoen 49, 2022)

Ambition:

"When I was nine, I watched Canadian skaters at the Salt Lake City Games. I told myself that I would do anything to be there one day." (eronid.com, 2022)

Hero:

Clara Hughes (CAN), speed skater and cyclist. (isu.org, 2022)

Influence:

His wife and his coach. (isu.org, 2022)

Philosophy:

"Even if something knocks me down, I will get back up." (Athlete Website, 2022)

General Interest

RISE, FALL AND RISE
As a junior, he was talented in both short track and long track speed skating. In 2010, he was a runner-up at the junior world championships in short track, and bronze medallist in long track. "Then, I started hitting walls". A combination of physical problems (glandular fever, tendinitis, asthma), over-training and a bad work environment (his trainer allegedly accused him of faking his asthma attacks) sent him into a depression. "I got to a point where, after two years of trying to figure out what was wrong with me, I was so afraid I couldn’t even do moderate exercise without experiencing a panic attack." At age 19, in 2012, he retired from the sport, and focused on other passions and pursuits. One of these was half a year of travel in Asia: "It allowed me to take another look at myself." An encounter in a bar in Montreal, QC, CAN, with skating coach Steve Robillard, led him back to skating. "None of the hours, weeks, or months of the year it took were easy, but it was done right." After narrowly missing Olympic qualification in 2018, he succeeded in his ambition for the 2022 Games. (eronid.com, 2022; Athlete website, 2022)

TABOO
He hopes that being open about what he went through will help break the taboo of depression in sports: “In the competitive world, a psychological problem is a weakness, and some can use it against you. I did not dare to ask for help and I ended up isolating myself." (eronid.com, 2022)

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