Men
CAN
Steven DUBOIS
CAN- Date of birth01 May 1997
- Height1680 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- Home townTerrebonne
- Place of birthTerrebonne
- Start skating / He began skating at age 11 in Terrebonne, QC, Canada. /
- HobbiesWatching movies, reading, climbing, travelling. (olympic.ca, 01 Mar 2022)
- languagesEnglish, French
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
He received the 2022 Marc Gagnon Award for Male Short Track Athlete of the Year from Speed Skating Canada. He also won the award in 2020. (speedskating.ca, 01 Mar 2022)
"Dreams aren't meant to stay dreams." (olympic.ca, 01 Mar 2022)
Russian short track skater Victor An. (speedskating.ca, 01 Jan 2020)
Winning gold in the 5000m relay at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. (Instagram profile, 18 Feb 2022)
PANDEMIC BLUES
He admits to losing motivation for short track during the break from competition and training in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "We didn't touch the ice for a couple of months. That was pretty bad. Then it kept being on and off. It was pretty hard for motivation. Every time we had a bit of stability and it was going good and we had a competition coming it was cancelled and then motivation would go back down. I was tired, I didn't feel good. I needed a break at that time. I had to hit the reset button. It was a bit too much. I didn't see any reason to come and just feel bad on the ice. That was the roughest time." (isu.org, 22 Mar 2021, 10 Oct 2021)
He admits to losing motivation for short track during the break from competition and training in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "We didn't touch the ice for a couple of months. That was pretty bad. Then it kept being on and off. It was pretty hard for motivation. Every time we had a bit of stability and it was going good and we had a competition coming it was cancelled and then motivation would go back down. I was tired, I didn't feel good. I needed a break at that time. I had to hit the reset button. It was a bit too much. I didn't see any reason to come and just feel bad on the ice. That was the roughest time." (isu.org, 22 Mar 2021, 10 Oct 2021)
"My parents introduced me to the sport and I loved it. Initially I wanted to play ice hockey but my parents didn't allow it so I focused on short track."
Sebastien Cros [national], FRA