Canada Winter Games 2007

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Participant


Name	Alexander James Wiens deBruyn
Contingent	Team Yukon
Hometown	Whitehorse
Type	Athlete
Sport	Speed Skating Short Track

Results

500 m Male Final position: 45
Final K	Monday, February 26, 2007	17:30	Canada Games Centre
1000 m Male Final position: 53
Final N	Wednesday, February 28, 2007	17:00	Canada Games Centre
1500 m Male Final position: 50
Final I	Sunday, February 25, 2007	15:00	Canada Games Centre
3000 m Male Final position: 53
Final G	Thursday, March 01, 2007	15:15	Canada Games Centre

Biography

Age

Height (ft, inches)

6' 3"

Weight (lb)

172

Language(s) spoken

English

Years I have participated in my sport

Club or School Team

Whitehorse Rapids Speedskating

Coach

Tom Elliot

Position/Event/Sport

Speedskating

Other recent athletic or artistic accomplishments

My most recent accomplishment was a gold "ulu" in the Arctic Winter Games speedskating team relay in Kenai, Alaska March 2006
Award of Merit for piano, Whitehorse Rotary Music Festival 2006

Games or championships that I have participated in

Year	Full name of competition/sport/event	Placing
2006	Arctic Winter Games/Speed Skating/Junior Team Relay	Gold
2004	Arctic Winter Games/Speed Skating/Juvenile Team Relay	Bronze

My goals for the 2007 Canada Winter Games

Obtain personal best times.
Enjoy meeting other athletes and artists from across Canada.

My personal role model

The person in my sport I most admire is Marc Gagnon, but I don't have one personal role model. There are many people in my life who I respect and admire for their various traits and accomplishments.

Other information that could be of interest to the media

In March 2006, while competing at the Arctic Winter Games in Kenai Alaska for Team Yukon's Junior Boys Speedkskating team, I had a collision that resulted in a lacerated knee, torn cartilage and a fractured femur. Emergency surgery put me back together, but in the two months I was on crutches, and the rehab that followed gave me a lot of time to wonder if I would be able to qualify for the Canada Winter Games. I was so happy when I made qualifying times. I feel I've already achieved success at these games, simply by being back on the ice and representing Yukon. I want to skate well and hope to make personal best times.