Jessica Gregg (born March 16, 1988) is a former 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 ...

Personal life

Born in

Edmonton Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta ...

, Alberta, Jessica comes from a strong pedigree of skaters as her mother Kathy Vogt was a two time Olympian in the sport and her father Dr. Randy Gregg was a member of the

Edmonton Oilers The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton. The Oilers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference. Th ...

dynasty in the 1980s. Her sister Sarah Gregg was an international speed skater and her brother Jamie Gregg was a member of the national team for the 500 m in

Long Track Speed Skating 　 Long-track speed skating, usually simply referred to as speed skating, is the Olympic sport, Olympic discipline of speed skating where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. It is also a sport for leisure. Sports such as ice skat ...

; who joined his sister at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.

Career

Jessica Gregg was the only member of the 2010 Canadian Olympic short track team outside of Quebec. Jessica won her first ever World Cup gold medal in 500 m short track speedskating in February 2009. Gregg won a bronze medal in the 500 metres during the 2009 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, she also won another bronze in the women's 3000 m relay at the same championship. During the 2008 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships she won a silver medal as participant in the women's relay along with fellow speed skaters Kalyna Roberge, and

Tania Vicent Tania Vicent (born January 13, 1976, in Laval, Quebec) is a Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Canadian short track speed skating, short track speed skater, who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics. On February 22, along with Alanna Kraus, Anou ...

. She won her first World Championship gold medal in Sofia in 2009. Going into the

2010 Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with ...

, Gregg was a medal contender in the 500 m and the 3,000 m relay. In the final at the Vancouver Olympics Gregg suffered through numerous first corner falls and restarts both in the quarterfinals and finals. In the final she was pushed out of the way by Arianna Fontana and was out of the race by the end of the first corner. Gregg finished 4th in the 500 m. On February 24, she won a silver medal in the 3,000 metre relay, along with

, Kalyna Roberge and

Marianne St-Gelais Marianne St-Gelais (born February 17, 1990) is a Canadian former short track speed skater. She won two silver medals in the 500 m and 3,000 m relay at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, and a third silver in the 3,000 m relay at the ...

. On February 4, 2016 she announced her retirement.

References

External links

Profile of Jessica Gregg by CTV

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gregg, Jessica 1988 births Living people Canadian female short-track speed skaters Olympic medalists in short-track speed skating Olympic short-track speed skaters for Canada Olympic silver medalists for Canada Short-track speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Speed skaters from Edmonton 21st-century Canadian sportswomen World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists