Kalyna Roberge (born October 1, 1986) 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 ...

. Born in Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon, Quebec, Roberge has won a gold medal in the 3000m relay at the 2005 World Championships. She also placed third overall at the 2005 World Junior Championships including a gold medal in the 500m. She also won a gold medal at a World Cup event in the Netherlands in the 3000m relay. 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 ...

, Roberge placed fourth in the 500m. Along with Alanna Kraus,

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 ...

and Anouk Leblanc-Boucher, Roberge won a silver medal in the 3000m relay. She skated for Canada at the

2010 Winter 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 ...

. On February 24, she won a silver medal in the 3000 metre relay, along with

Jessica Gregg Jessica Gregg (born March 16, 1988) is a former Canadian short track speed skater. Personal life Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Jessica comes from a strong pedigree of skaters as her mother Kathy Vogt was a two time Olympian in the sport and her fa ...

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 ...

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Profile of Kalyna Roberge by the CBC
1986 births Black Canadian sportswomen Canadian female short-track speed skaters Living people Olympic short-track speed skaters for Canada Olympic silver medalists for Canada Short-track speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Short-track speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Skating people from Quebec Olympic medalists in short-track speed skating Canadian female speed skaters Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics 21st-century Canadian sportswomen World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists {{Canada-speed-skating-bio-stub

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