Steven Dubois

Steven Dubois

Personal information
Born	(1997-05-01) May 1, 1997 (age 27) Laval, Quebec, Canada
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Short track speed skating
Medal record Men's short track speed skating Representing  Canada Olympic Games 2022 Beijing 5000 m relay 2022 Beijing 1500 m 2022 Beijing 500 m World Championships 2023 Seoul 500 m 2022 Montreal 5000 m relay 2023 Seoul 1000 m World Junior Championships 2016 Sofia 500 m

Steven Dubois (French pronunciation: [stivœn dybwa]; born May 1, 1997) is a Canadian short-track speed skater.[1]

Career

Junior

At the 2016 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Sofia. Bulgaria, Dubois won the bronze medal in the 500 m event.[2][3]

Senior

Dubois joined Canada's World Cup team for the first time in 2017 and was a reserve for the 2018 Winter Olympics.[1] His first full season as part of the World Cup team was in the 2018–19 season, winning bronze in three of the World Cup stops in the 1500 m event.[4][5][6]

The following season, Dubois won his first individual World Cup race, the 500 m event in Dresden, among a silver and two bronze individual (versus team) medals he won at other stops during the season.[1][7][8]

At the 2020 Four Continents Short Track Speed Skating Championships, the first edition of the event, Dubois won silver in all five events (500 m, 1000m, 1500 m, 5000 m relay and overall).[1][9][10]

At the 2021 Canadian Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Dubois took top place.[11]

On January 18, 2022, Dubois was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[12][13][14][15] At the Olympics, he won the silver medal in the 1,500 metres event.[16][17] He followed up his silver medal win with a bronze medal in the 500 metres event.[18][19][20] Dubois finished his Olympics with a gold medal win as part of Canada's team in the 5000 m relay event.[21][22][23][24]

References

1. "Steven Dubois". olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. January 18, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
2. "Steven Dubois Wins Bronze in 500m at World Junior Short Track Championships". speedskating.ca/. Speed Skating Canada. January 30, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
3. "Canada's Dubois wins short-track bronze". Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Canadian Press. January 30, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
4. Wong, Agnes (November 10, 2018). "Steven Dubois races to short track bronze in Salt Lake City". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
5. "Steven Dubois wins first individual World Cup medal in Salt Lake City". speedskating.ca/. Speed Skating Canada. November 10, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
6. "Kim Boutin, Cédrik Blais et Steven Dubois en bronze à Turin" [Kim Boutin, Cédrik Blais and Steven Dubois in bronze in Turin]. ici.radio-canada.ca/ (in French). Radio Canada. February 8, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
7. Pavitt, Michael (February 9, 2020). "Boutin maintains winning streak at ISU Short Track World Cup in Dresden". insidethegames.biz/. Dunsar Media Ltd. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
8. "Steven Dubois leads Canada's 3-medal short track haul in the Netherlands". cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. February 16, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
9. "Steven Dubois & Courtney Sarault Reach Overall Podium at ISU Four Continents Championships". speedskating.ca/. Speed Skating Canada. January 12, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
10. Patterson, Kelsey (January 11, 2020). "Canada's Steven Dubois wins 2 silvers at Four Continents short-track championship in Montreal". Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Canadian Press. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
11. "Kim Boutin & Steven Dubois Crowned 2021 Canadian Short Track Champions". speedskating.ca/. Speed Skating Canada. August 29, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
12. "Communication 2442: XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 Beijing Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. December 9, 2021. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
13. Nichols, Paula (January 18, 2022). "Ten short track speed skaters nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
14. Barnes, Dan (January 18, 2022). "Plenty of medal potential on Canada's short track speed skating team headed for Beijing". Toronto Sun. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
15. "3 speed skating veterans lead inexperienced Canadian Olympic short track team". cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. January 18, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
16. Tozer, Jamie (February 9, 2022). "Dubois races to silver in crowded 1500m short track final". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
17. Harrison, Doug (February 9, 2022). "Canada's Steven Dubois wins short track Olympic silver medal". cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
18. Barnes, Dan (February 13, 2022). "Canada's Steven Dubois toughs it out for Olympic bronze in 500m short track". National Post. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
19. Aziz, Saba (February 13, 2022). "Steven Dubois captures bronze in 500m short-track speed skating at Beijing Olympics". Global News. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
20. Harrison, Doug (February 13, 2022). "'I was skating for my life': Canada's Steven Dubois wins 2nd short track medal in Beijing". cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
21. Nichols, Paula (February 16, 2022). "Gold for Canada in men's 5000m short track relay is 6th Olympic medal of Hamelin's career". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
22. "Canada wins Olympic short-track relay gold, Hamelin ties record". sportsnet.ca. Sportsnet. February 16, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
23. D'Andrea, Aaron (February 16, 2022). "Canada wins gold in men's 5,000 m speed skating relay at Beijing Olympics". Global News. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
24. Harrison, Doug (February 16, 2022). "Charles Hamelin strikes short-track gold in final Olympic race". cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. Retrieved February 16, 2022.

External links

• Steven Dubois at ShortTrackOnLine.info
• Steven Dubois at Olympics.com
• Steven Dubois at Team Canada
• Steven Dubois at Olympedia
• Steven Dubois at the International Skating Union