Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu (born May 5, 1992) is a Canadian

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and

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. Born in

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, Gélinas-Beaulieu currently resides in

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. He is currently a member of the national long track team for Canada.

Career

The 2009 World Junior Short Track Championships were held in his hometown of Sherbrooke. Antoine won a silver medal in the 1000 m and a bronze in the 1500 m race; this aided his 4th-place finish overall as a 16-year-old. Gélinas-Beaulieu was named Quebec's male national athlete of the year at the 37th annual Sports Québec Gala on December 23, 2009. At the following junior short track championships in 2010 in

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he won five silver medals in the 500m, 1000m, 1500m super final, 3000m relay, and the overall silver medal. Gélinas-Beaulieu also received two bronze medals at the 2010 World Junior Speed Skating Championships in long track. He received the bronze medals in the 1500 m and the 5000 m. He also finished third overall in the competition. Next he attended the

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in Halifax,

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. There Gélinas-Beaulieu won three gold medals in

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for

in the 1,500 m, 3,000 m, 5,000 m. His victories came as part of a comeback, as much of the previous season had been lost to him due to being ill from

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gelinas-Beaulieu, Antoine 1992 births Living people Canadian male speed skaters Canadian male short-track speed skaters Speed skaters from Montreal Speed skaters from Sherbrooke World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters for Canada 21st-century Canadian sportsmen