Women
CAN
Courtney SARAULT
CAN- Date of birth24 Apr 2000
- Height1730 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- Home townMontreal
- Place of birthGrand Rapids, MI
- Start skating / Club She began training at age seven in Moncton, NB, Canada. / Codiac Cyclones [CAN] / Fredericton High Performance [CAN]:
- HobbiesCooking, baking, rugby, travelling, hiking. (olympic.ca, 01 Mar 2022; dulcedo.com, 16 Aug 2021)
- languagesEnglish
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
In 2022 she was inducted into the Moncton Sports Wall of Fame in New Brunswick, Canada. (Instagram profile, 25 Oct 2022)
In 2021 she received the Nathalie Lambert Award as Female Short Track Athlete of the Year from Speed Skating Canada. (speedskating.ca, 16 Aug 2021)
She was named Speed Skating Canada's Short Track Rising Star of the Year in 2018. (speedskating.ca, 01 Jan 2021; Instagram profile, 16 Jun 2018)
In 2021 she received the Nathalie Lambert Award as Female Short Track Athlete of the Year from Speed Skating Canada. (speedskating.ca, 16 Aug 2021)
She was named Speed Skating Canada's Short Track Rising Star of the Year in 2018. (speedskating.ca, 01 Jan 2021; Instagram profile, 16 Jun 2018)
"You can be at the back of the race and kind of chill, then at the end you just power through. Not a lot of people do this, because it's more risky a decision. You've got to have a big punch and a lot of strength to pass the whole pack at the end. I've gotten way better at that strategy because my old strategy was always racing from the front." (thestar.com, 04 Feb 2022)
Canadian short track skater Marianne St-Gelais. (speedskating.ca, 01 Jan 2021)
Her parents. (Athlete, 05 Dec 2019)
LANGUAGE BARRIER
Hailing from Moncton, NB, Canada, she is not fluent in French, unlike many of her Canadian national teammates and coaches. "I know I'm a bit of an outsider. I'm not from Quebec. I'm not fluent in French. It's going to be a little bit harder for me to get everything the coaches are saying and help me build myself. But I basically told myself one day you're just going to be so good that you can't be left out. It worked out well for me." (nationalpost.com, 17 Feb 2022)
Hailing from Moncton, NB, Canada, she is not fluent in French, unlike many of her Canadian national teammates and coaches. "I know I'm a bit of an outsider. I'm not from Quebec. I'm not fluent in French. It's going to be a little bit harder for me to get everything the coaches are saying and help me build myself. But I basically told myself one day you're just going to be so good that you can't be left out. It worked out well for me." (nationalpost.com, 17 Feb 2022)
She has her nails done before competitions. (speedskating.ca, 01 Jan 2021)
"I grew up in an athletic family. My dad is an ex-professional ice hockey player so I was always skating. I tried figure skating but I didn't love it. Then I did speed skating and fell in love."
Sebastien Cros [national], FRA