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Participant

NameIvanie Lise Blondin
ContingentTeam Ontario
HometownOrleans/gloucester
TypeAthlete
SportSpeed Skating Short Track

 

Results

500 m Female
Final position: 7
Final BMonday, February 26, 200718:30Canada Games Centre
1000 m Female
Final position: Silver
Final A (Primary)Wednesday, February 28, 200716:00Canada Games Centre
1500 m Female
Final position: Gold
Final A (Primary)Sunday, February 25, 200714:00Canada Games Centre
3000 m Female
Final position: 8
Final A (Primary)Thursday, March 01, 200713:40Canada Games Centre

 

Biography

Age16
Height (ft, inches)5'3"
Weight (lb)120lb
Language(s) spokenFrench
Years I have participated in my sport
10 years
Club or School TeamGloucester Concordes
CoachDave Morrison
Position/Event/SportShort Track Speed Skating
Other recent athletic or artistic accomplishments
2006 Ottawa Sport Award recipient
Member of Senior National Development Team 2006/2007
Representing Canada at the 2007 Junior Worlds in Miada Boleslav CZR
Representing Ontario at the Canada Winter Games in the Yukon
Winner of the “2006 Achievement Award” from Orleans Online
Gold medal in the 3000 meter relays at World Cup #4 Montreal - 2006
Place 4th in the 1500 meters at World Cup #4 – Montreal - 2006
Bronze medal in 3000 meter relays at world cup #3 - Chicoutimi, Quebec - 2006
Placed 4th in the 1500 meters “A” final at the world cup #3 - Chicoutimi, Quebec - 2006
Youngest Canadian (16) to be on the Senior World Cup Team - 2006
3rd place at Senior Trial #1 in Calgary
Overall gold medal at The Quebec Elite #2
Recognized athlete by the Canadian Olympic Committee and HBC for 2006/2007
I was the poster girl for 2005/06, Ontario Lottery scratch tickets, "Quest for Gold"
Ranked second in junior women at the Canadian Championships in Whitehorse 2005/06
Broke one more Canadian record for junior women in the 777m distance in Whitehorse 2005/06
Crystal achievement award 2005 from Orleans Online
Ranked second overall at my first senior trials 2005
3 Junior Ontario records, 500m, 1000m, 1500m
Won first place for the 1,500m and the 3000m at the Senior National Team Trials in Edmonton in December 2005
Won a place on the 2005 Junior National Team and represented Canada at the Junior World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia . Ranked 18th overall in the world and ranked third in relays.
Winner of the “ Kit” Jarosz Memorial Cup 2003/04/05/06
Kit was a young promising athlete like me that died in her sleep in 1996. A memorial trophy was donated by Jean-Marie Leduc in her memory for the fastest 500m women skater in Ontario.
Gloucester Concordes Female Skater of the year for 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Placed first at the 2005 North American Short Track Championship in Milwaukee
Two North American Short Track records for 2005 junior women - 777m and the1000m
Sixteen Ontario records in 500M, 666M, 777M, 1000M, and relays
Won three Achievement Awards from Gloucester Township
Games or championships that I have participated in
Year Full name of competition/sport/event Placing
2006 Senior World Cup #4 Montreal 4th
2006 Senior world cup #3 - Chicoutimi, Quebec 4th
2006 The Quebec Elite #2 1st
My goals for the 2007 Canada Winter Games
My goals are to represent Ontario on the podium, make new friend and have fun
My personal role model
My personal role mole is Kalina Roberge
Other information that could be of interest to the media
Blondin pre-qualified to skate in the event back in November, when she showed a very strong performance at the National Team Selection in Calgary. She qualified for the third and fourth stops of the ISU World Cups in short track speed skating, earning a berth for the Canadian Team at the World Junior Championships. A promising 16 year old skater, Blondin competed once before at these championships, two years ago in Serbia and Montenegro. She then won the bronze medal in the relay. The young skater has had a good start to her season this year, winning her first medals on the World Cup circuit (bronze in the relay at the Saguenay World Cup, gold in the relay at the Montreal World Cup) and showing she was already competitive on the individual side, finishing 4th in the 1500m in Saguenay, and then repeating the feat in Montreal.
Orléans speed skater captures first ever World Cup gold medal
By Fred Sherwin
Orléans Online
Orléans speed skater Ivanie Blondin, 16, won a gold medal in the 3,000 metre relay at a World Cup event in Montreal on the weekend. I
It didn't take long for Orléans speed skater Ivanie Blondin to make a splash on the international short track speed skating scene.
Competing in only her second international event in Montreal on the weekend, the 16-year-old phenom was the only Canadian to qualify for an individual final, finishing fourth in the the 1500 metre event, and she helped her teammates capture gold in the 3,000 metre relay.
Not bad, considering Blondin was the youngest skater in the competition going up against veteran skaters with World Championship and Winter Olympic experience under their belts.
The Garneau High School student also won the B-Final in the second 1500 metre race after she finished third in the semi-final skating against a pair of former World Champions and Olympic gold medalists.
Two weeks ago, she finished fourth in the 1500 metres while competing in her very first World Cup event in Chicoutimi. Her fourth place finish in Montreal and her gold medal performance in the 3,000 metre relay proves that the Grade 11 student is more than ready to take on the best short track speed skaters in the world.
"I wasn't nervous at all because I didn't really have anything to prove. I've never been so not stressed for a race. There was no pressure at all," says Blondin plans to keep building on her recent success.
"After I finished fourth in Chicoutimi I thought maybe I got it because I was a bit lucky, but then when I finished fourth again in Montreal it made me realize that I really belonged there I was just as good as everybody else."
With the success has come a certain amount of celebrity in the form of autograph seekers. It started in Chicoutimi and got even more intense in Montreal.
"It was crazy. I must have signed over a hundred autographs," said Blondin.
Her success at the World Cup bodes well for Blondin as she prepares for the upcoming World Junior Championships which are being held in the Czech Republic from Jan. 14-17.
The following weekend she'll be in Sudbury for the Canadian Open Championships which Speed Skating Canada will use to select the skaters they'll be sending to a pair of World Cup events in Europe in February.
If she finishes third or higher, Blondin will automatically make the team. If she finishes fourth, fifth or sixth, it will be up to the discretion of the national governing body.
Ho can see a 4 minute Bio on me. Go to link www.panorama.tfo.org and Vidéothèque 115, raportage Ivanie Blondin
My new wed site: Ivanieblondin.ca
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