Women
CAN
Courtney SARAULT
CAN- Date of birth24 Apr 2000
- Height173 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- HometownMontreal
- 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, travel, hiking
- LanguagesEnglish
- CoachN/A
- ChoreographerN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- Practice low seasonN/A
- Practice high seasonN/A
- 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)
To compete at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina. (canadiansportscene.com, 12 Mar 2023)
Sarault has been on the World Tour circuit since 2018/19. Her debut win, in the 1000m, came in 2022. She has won eight gold medals on the tour in total (isu-skating.com/short-track, 20 November 2025).
The Canadian won silver in the 1500m at the 2021 World Championships. She competed at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, coming 11th in both the women’s 1000m and 1500m (isu-skating.com/short-track, 20 November 2025).
Sarault struggled with poor physical and mental health in 2024 and admitted “it was a concern for me, will I ever be good again?” She came back to win races again during 2025. “When you get through a struggle, you realise how tough you really are. Nothing is deserved, but I owed it to myself to give myself that chance,” she said.“If I could go back and talk to myself a year ago, I’d reassure her that it will be OK in the end. Sometimes when you’re in that headspace you don’t know how to get out of it. I was chasing a past version of myself. I decided to look forward, get out of it eventually. I wish I could go back and tell her not to worry.” (isu-skating.com/short-track, 20 November 2025).
The Canadian won silver in the 1500m at the 2021 World Championships. She competed at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, coming 11th in both the women’s 1000m and 1500m (isu-skating.com/short-track, 20 November 2025).
Sarault struggled with poor physical and mental health in 2024 and admitted “it was a concern for me, will I ever be good again?” She came back to win races again during 2025. “When you get through a struggle, you realise how tough you really are. Nothing is deserved, but I owed it to myself to give myself that chance,” she said.“If I could go back and talk to myself a year ago, I’d reassure her that it will be OK in the end. Sometimes when you’re in that headspace you don’t know how to get out of it. I was chasing a past version of myself. I decided to look forward, get out of it eventually. I wish I could go back and tell her not to worry.” (isu-skating.com/short-track, 20 November 2025).
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."
