Éric Bédard (born December 17, 1976, in Sainte-Thècle, Quebec) is a

Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...

short track speed skater Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice skating, ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the s ...

who has won 4 Olympic medals (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze). He participated in three individual events at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ...

and finished fourth in the 500 meters. He also led a team into the 5000 meter relay, winning the

silver medal A silver medal, in sports and other similar areas involving competition, is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, ...

. He has been a longtime member of Canada's short track team and has won four medals in three Olympic games: bronze in the 1,000 meters in Nagano, and two golds and a silver in the 5,000 meter relay. He has also had a lot of success at the World Championships, capturing 10 medals, including three golds (5,000 m relay in 2005 and 1998 and 500 m in 2000). Bédard was national squad coach of Germany from 2008 until 2010. From 2010 until 2014 he coached the Italy national team. From 2018-2020 Bédard coached the Canadian national team. Since 2020, Bédard has worked for Nagano Skate.

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Bedard's web site
* 1976 births Canadian male short-track speed skaters Living people Short-track speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Short-track speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Short-track speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Skating people from Quebec Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic silver medalists for Canada Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic short-track speed skaters for Canada Olympic medalists in short-track speed skating Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists 20th-century Canadian sportsmen 21st-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-speed-skating-bio-stub

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