Vincent De Haître

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Vincent De Haître
Personal information
Born June 16, 1994 (1994-06-16) (age 30)
Ottawa, Ontario
Residence Alberta, Calgary
Education University of Calgary
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Weight 86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st)[1]
Website http://www.vincentdehaitre.com/
Sport
Country  Canada
Sport Speed skating
Track cycling
Turned pro 2013

Vincent De Haître (born June 16, 1994, in Ontario, Cumberland) is a Canadian dual sport athlete competing as both a speed skater and track cyclist who has been in sport since 2000.[2]

Career

Speed skating

De Haître started out in speed skating competing in the Gloucester Concordes speed skating club. He looked up to fellow Olympian and Gloucester teammate Ivanie Blondin who would sometime compete at the club in her national attire to which De Haître looked at as inspiration.[3]

His on ice success in short track speed skater began when he won a silver medal in the 3000 m relay at the 2011 Canada Winter Games.[4] He made his World Cup debut in 2013. De Haître qualified to compete for Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, by winning the 1000 m event at the Canadian speed skating trials and finishing third in the 1500 m. Along with the 500 m race he set three personal bests by a significant margin to qualify.[5][6] De Haître was the youngest speed skater for team Canada at those games and surprised himself by qualifying, he said that he was looking at 2018 and not Sochi.[3]

Cycling

As a junior he raced for the Ottawa Bicycle Club's Junior Team in both road and track disciplines coached by Don Moxley, a team which produced several provincially and nationally successful junior cyclists. On the track he won the 1 km time trial at the 2013 Canadian Track Championships over Zachary Bell.[1][7]

Personal

He used to attend Béatrice-Desloges, a catholic French art high school during his 9th to 12th grade. He currently attends the University of Calgary where he is pursuing his Bachelor of Arts degree.[2]

Personal records

Distance Nation City Date Time[8]
500 meters  Canada Calgary October 25, 2014 35.14
1000 meters  Canada Calgary October 26, 2014 1:07.71
1500 meters  Canada Calgary October 23, 2014 1:44.75
3000 meters  Canada Calgary March 6, 2013 3:55.94
5000 meters  Canada Calgary November 18, 2012 7:03.93

References

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  4. Speed Skating Short Track – 3000m Relay Male
  5. Speedskater Vincent De Haître hurries Olympic plan
  6. Speed skater Vincent De Haître qualifies for Olympics
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  8. Vincent De Haître at speedskatingresults.com

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