Guy Daignault (died 27 January 2005) was a Canadian

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 ...

. He was the world champion short track speed skater in 1982 and 1984, having been the men's gold medal winner in the 1982 and 1984

World Short Track Speed Skating Championships The World Short Track Speed Skating Championships are a senior international short track speed skating competition held once a year to determine the World Champion in individual distances, relays and Overall Classification. It is sanctioned by th ...

. He was also a member of the Canadian men's short track relay teams which took the gold medal in the 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1984 at the

, though no world championship titles for men's relay were awarded in those years. Daignault was killed in a

car crash A traffic collision, also known as a motor vehicle collision, or car crash, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other moving or stationary obstruction, such as a tree, pole or building. T ...

in 2005.

References

Year of birth missing 2005 deaths Canadian male short-track speed skaters Winter World University Games medalists in short-track speed skating FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Canada Competitors at the 1985 Winter Universiade World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists {{Canada-speed-skating-bio-stub