Graeme FISH

Canada

Speed Skating

Date of Birth: 23 Aug 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.82/5'11''

Place of birth: MOOSE JAW, SK

Birth Country:

Canada

Residence: CALGARY, AB

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Speed Skating	Men's 10000m	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	National Speed Skating Oval	Men's 10000m	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Single Distance Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men's 10000m	2020	Salt Lake City, UT, USA
3	Men's 5000m	2020	Salt Lake City, UT, USA
7	Men's 10000m	2019	Inzell, GER
14	Men's 5000m	2019	Inzell, GER

World Cup
Season	Men's Long Distances	Men's Mass Start
2019/20	3	22
2018/19	19
2017/18	53

Hobbies:

Watching movies (Tom Hanks fan), TV series (enjoys The Office), sport.

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Human Movement Studies - University of Calgary (CAN)

Languages spoken:

English

Coach:

National: Bart Schouten (NED), Todd McClements (CAN)

Other sports:

Canadian football: Won two high school provincial championships with Peacock Collegiate.

Debut:

2013 CanAm International in Calgary (500m - 87th, 1500m - 68th, 1000m - 55th, 3000m - 21st)
2017 World Cup in Stavanger (10000m B - 14th)

National team:

2017

Start:

Began learning to skate at age three in Moose Jaw, SK. Started racing at age five. (cbc.ca, 21 Feb 2020)

Reason:

"My parents thought it would be a better fit than ice hockey. It was cheaper and my dad skated when he was younger." (isu.org)

Ambition:

"Try to make the Olympics and win a medal. That’s the main goal." (leaderpost.com, 2020)

Memorable:

Winning 10000m gold, in world record time, at the 2020 World Championships in Salt Lake City. "It's super, super cool. I mean I never thought I'd be this good. Once I started building down in to those nines, and my coach just starting to say, 'World record, world record', I was like, 'Just keep doing what you're doing. Don't rush things.' The world record is pretty cool. This gold medal is awesome. I can't believe it." (Skating ISU YouTube, 15 Feb 2020)

Hero:

PyeongChang 2018 Olympic speed skating champion and teammate, Ted-Jan Bloemen (CAN). “Watching Ted win that gold medal in 2018 in the 10k was pretty motivational. Now I’m training with him. He has taught me things that made me better.” (leaderpost.com, 22 Feb 2020)

Influence:

"My family has supported me all my life." (tellerreport.com, 15 Feb 2020)

Philosophy:

"Don't let your dreams be dreams." (Schaatsseizoen 48)

Award:

Jeremy Wotherspoon Award (Canadian Long Track Male Athlete of the Year) (2020)

General Interest

FRIENDLY FEUD
Having elected not to defend his 10000m world title in 2021, due to COVID-19 related risks of travelling abroad. Fish exchanged text messages with Nils van der Poel (SWE), who won the 5000m and 10000m at the World Championships in Heerenveen. After breaking Fish's 10000m world record, van der Poel joked he was having "Fish for dinner" into the cameras. However, the two are on friendly terms, as Fish had wished the Swede good luck prior to his race, and Van der Poel is looking forward to meeting Fish in person. (portal4sport.com, 2021)

Milestones

Finished sixth in the 10000m at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

Broke the 10000m world record (12:33.86), in February 2020 at the World Championships in Salt Lake City. Finished 2.44 seconds ahead of teammate Ted-Jan Bloemen (CAN), who held the record for almost five years. Became the third non-Dutch and second Canadian to hold the record. The record was broken a year later by Nils van der Poel (SWE), at the 2021 World Championships in Heerenveen. His time is still a national record. Also, holds the national junior record in the same distance.

Became the first non-Dutch speed skater to win the 10000m at the World Single Distance Championships, after winning the event in 2020 (teammate Ted-Jan Bloemen was born in the Netherlands).

Finished the 2019/20 season third overall in the 5000m/10000m, finishing on the podium three times.

Two National Championship titles in the 1500m (2019) and 5000m (2020). National Junior champion in 2017 (5000m).

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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