Charles Hamelin

Charles Hamelin OLY (born April 14, 1984) is a Canadian retired short track speed skater. In a competitive career that spanned nearly twenty years on the international circuit, Hamelin participated in five Winter Olympic Games (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022) and won six Olympic medals, including a national-best four gold medals. Competing in all distances, he won thirty-eight medals at the World Championships, including fourteen gold medals, and also led Canada to five world relay titles. Hamelin was also the 2014 Overall World Cup season winner and the 2018 Overall World Champion, giving him all the achievements available in the sport.

Charles Hamelin
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1984-04-14) April 14, 1984
Lévis, Quebec, Canada
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportShort track speed skating
ClubLes Fines Lames de Ste-Julie
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)500 m: 40.091 (2016)
1000 m: 1:21.961 (2012)
1500 m: 2:09.098 (2011)
3000 m: 4:38.905 (2002)
Medal record
Men's short track speed skating
Representing  Canada
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 4 1 1
World Championships 14 14 14
World Team Championships 2 4 0
Total 20 19 15
Olympic Games
2010 Vancouver500 m
2010 Vancouver5000 m relay
2014 Sochi1500 m
2022 Beijing5000 m relay
2006 Turin5000 m relay
2018 Pyeongchang5000 m relay
World Championships
2005 Beijing5000 m relay
2006 Minneapolis3000 m
2006 Minneapolis5000 m relay
2007 Milan500 m
2009 Vienna500 m
2011 Sheffield5000 m relay
2012 Shanghai5000 m relay
2013 Debrecen5000 m relay
2014 Montreal1500 m
2016 Seoul1000 m
2018 MontrealOverall
2018 Montreal1000 m
2018 Montreal1500 m
2021 Dordrecht1500 m
2005 Beijing500 m
2007 MilanOverall
2007 Milan1000 m
2007 Milan5000 m relay
2008 Gangneung500 m
2008 Gangneung5000 m relay
2011 SheffieldOverall
2011 Sheffield1000m
2011 Sheffield1500m
2012 Shanghai500 m
2015 Moscow1000 m
2016 SeoulOverall
2016 Seoul5000 m relay
2018 Montreal5000 m relay
2006 Minneapolis1000 m
2009 ViennaOverall
2009 Vienna3000 m
2012 Shanghai1000 m
2013 DebrecenOverall
2013 Debrecen1000 m
2013 Debrecen1500 m
2013 Debrecen3000 m
2014 MontrealOverall
2014 Montreal500 m
2015 Moscow1500 m
2016 Seoul3000 m
2017 Rotterdam1000 m
2022 Montreal5000 m relay
World Team Championships
2005 South KoreaTeam
2007 BudapestTeam
2006 MontrealTeam
2008 HarbinTeam
2009 HeerenveenTeam
2010 BormioTeam

Hamelin's early success at the 2003 World Junior Championships saw him win silver medals in the 500 m and the 1500 m races and a bronze in the 5000 m relay. After debuting on the senior level, he won two medals at the 2005 World Championships, including his first World gold in the 5000 m relay. In his first Olympics, he finished in fourth place in the 1500 m and won a silver medal as part of the Canadian relay team. He won his first two Olympic gold medals on home ice in Vancouver before picking up two more, the last in his final Olympic appearance in Beijing. Hamelin is the former world record holder in the 1000 m. Dubbed the "Locomotive de Sainte-Julie", Hamelin is widely considered one of Canada's finest athletes.

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