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Graeme Fish (born August 23, 1997) is a Canadian long track
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who specializes in the long-distance events. His best events include the 5000m and 10,000m


Career

On February 13, 2020, he won a bronze medal at the
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at the
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in
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, United States.2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships results
/ref> The next day he won the gold medal in the 10,000 meters in a new
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of 12:33.86, becoming the first man from outside the Netherlands to win gold in this distance event in the 20 times it has been held at the worlds. He overtook the 2015 record set by his compatriot and mentor
Ted-Jan Bloemen Ted-Jan Bloemen (born 16 August 1986) is a Dutch-Canadian long track speed skater. He started competing for the Canadian national speed skating team during the 2014–15 season, but before that, he competed for the Netherlands in international c ...
who finished second.


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fish, Graeme 1997 births Living people Canadian male speed skaters Sportspeople from Moose Jaw World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists Olympic speed skaters for Canada Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics 21st-century Canadian sportsmen