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Alexandre St-Jean

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  • Date of birth10 May 1993
  • Height180 CM
  • ProfessionAthlete, Student
  • HometownQuebec
  • Place of birthQuebec
  • Start skating Club He took up the sport at age five in Quebec, QC, Canada.
  • HobbiesN/A
  • LanguagesEnglish, French
  • CoachN/A
  • ChoreographerN/A
  • Former CoachN/A
  • Practice low seasonN/A
  • Practice high seasonN/A
  • General Interest
  • Sport Specific Information
"Give 100%." (Athlete, 02 Dec 2015)
Canadian speed skater Mathieu Giroux, Canadian short track skater Charles Hamelin. (Athlete, 02 Dec 2015)
His parents. (Athlete, 02 Dec 2015)
To compete in the 500m and 1000m at the 2018 and 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (alexandrest-jean.com, 05 Feb 2015)
Finishing eighth in the sprint combination at the 2014 World Sprint Championships in Nagano, Japan. (SportsDeskOnline, 02 Dec 2015; Athlete, 02 Dec 2015)
CHANGING COURSE
After finishing eighth at the Olympic short track trials in August 2013, he decided to focus on speed skating. (alexandrest-jean.com, 19 Jan 2014)

SUPPORT
In June 2017 he was a recipient of the Peter Williamson Trust Fund Bursary from Speed Skating Canada. The award, which is worth 1,500 Canadian dollars, is presented annually in recognition of athletic and scholastic achievement. (speedskating.ca, 12 Jun 2017, 2017)
He represented Canada in short track at the 2011 World Cup event in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. He finished ninth in both the 500m and the 1000m. (SportsDeskOnline, 02 Dec 2015; alexandrest-jean.com, 19 Jan 2014)