Women
CAN
Maddison Pearman
CAN- Date of birth23 Jan 1996
- ProfessionAthlete
- HometownPonoka
- Place of birthPonoka
- Start skating / Club She began speed skating at age five. Her formative club was the Red Deer Central Lions Speed Skating Club in Alberta, Canada. / Red Deer Central Lions Speed Skating Club: Canada
- HobbiesMaking sourdough bread, spending time with her cat, working on her family's farm. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
- LanguagesEnglish
- Other nameMad-Dawg, Mads (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
- CoachRemmelt Eldering [national], NED; Shannon Rempel [national], CAN
- ChoreographerN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- Practice low seasonN/A
- Practice high seasonN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
"The will to win is important, but not as important as the will to prepare to win." (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
Canadian speed skater Catriona Le May Doan. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
Her parents. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
To win a medal at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
Competing at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE
She did not get the results she hoped for at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. "It was very overwhelming. I think that is by far the most word that I've used to describe everything in both good and obviously sometimes bad ways. You just get so insecure looking around at everyone there, thinking that everyone is going to be watching you. You're only here for three weeks. Try to enjoy the moment, smile and have just a good time because regardless of your results, people are going to be proud and those results don't define you. There were many times over the years that I thought about retiring [so] it was all very much a good experience and an opportunity to say, 'I am good enough to make it'." (rdnewsnow.com, 01 Mar 2022)
FARM RAISED
She was raised on her family's cattle farm, Monte Vista Farms, near Red Deer, AB, Canada. "We have about 600 head of cattle right now [2022] and a half section of land. My dad [Myron] also does custom silaging. Growing up on a farm, you learn that a lot of things, like the weather, are out of your control, and you need to figure out what to do to complete the task at hand. After the season ended last year [2021], the Olympic Oval [in Calgary] had a malfunction, and we didn't have ice for nine months. So, I went home, I worked on the farm, and I spent time with my family. It did wonders for my mental health and reignited my love for agriculture and that's what I want to do after I'm finished with skating." (Instagram profile, 23 Feb 2022; farms.com, 01 Feb 2022)
OCCUPATION
She has worked as a guest relations receptionist and supervisor at the Olympic Oval in Calgary, AB, Canada. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
She did not get the results she hoped for at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. "It was very overwhelming. I think that is by far the most word that I've used to describe everything in both good and obviously sometimes bad ways. You just get so insecure looking around at everyone there, thinking that everyone is going to be watching you. You're only here for three weeks. Try to enjoy the moment, smile and have just a good time because regardless of your results, people are going to be proud and those results don't define you. There were many times over the years that I thought about retiring [so] it was all very much a good experience and an opportunity to say, 'I am good enough to make it'." (rdnewsnow.com, 01 Mar 2022)
FARM RAISED
She was raised on her family's cattle farm, Monte Vista Farms, near Red Deer, AB, Canada. "We have about 600 head of cattle right now [2022] and a half section of land. My dad [Myron] also does custom silaging. Growing up on a farm, you learn that a lot of things, like the weather, are out of your control, and you need to figure out what to do to complete the task at hand. After the season ended last year [2021], the Olympic Oval [in Calgary] had a malfunction, and we didn't have ice for nine months. So, I went home, I worked on the farm, and I spent time with my family. It did wonders for my mental health and reignited my love for agriculture and that's what I want to do after I'm finished with skating." (Instagram profile, 23 Feb 2022; farms.com, 01 Feb 2022)
OCCUPATION
She has worked as a guest relations receptionist and supervisor at the Olympic Oval in Calgary, AB, Canada. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
"I always put my right skate on first and also tie the right skate first." (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
She trains at the Olympic Oval in Calgary, AB, Canada.
Her mother competed in the sport at an elite level, and her father has been involved in coaching and officiating speed skating. She was also inspired by watching family friend Jessica Gregg win a silver medal in short track at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. "Just seeing someone that I knew, that I was really close with was able to go and do it, made it that much more attainable."
Remmelt Eldering [national], NED; Shannon Rempel [national], CAN
