François Louis Drolet (born July 16, 1972) 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 competed in the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with some events ...

. He was born in

Sainte-Foy, Quebec City Sainte-Foy (; ) is a former city in central Quebec, Canada alongside the Saint Lawrence River. It was amalgamated into Quebec City at the start of 2002. Most of the formerly independent municipality of Sainte-Foy is located in the borough () o ...

. In 1998 he was a member of the Canadian relay team which won the gold medal in the 5000 metre relay competition. In the 1000 m event he finished eleventh and in the 500 m contest he finished 16th.

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François Drolet
at the ISU 1972 births Living people Canadian male short-track speed skaters Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic short-track speed skaters for Canada Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in short-track speed skating People from Sainte-Foy, Quebec City Short-track speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Speed skaters from Quebec City Winter World University Games medalists in short-track speed skating FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Canada Competitors at the 1995 Winter Universiade 20th-century Canadian sportsmen World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists {{Canada-speed-skating-bio-stub