Florence Brunelle

Florence Brunelle
Brunelle at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (2003-12-20) December 20, 2003
Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportShort track speed skating
Medal record
Women's short track speed skating
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
2026 Milano Cortina Mixed 2000 m relay
2026 Milano Cortina 3000 m relay
World Championships
2025 Beijing 3000 m relay
2025 Beijing 2000 m mixed relay
2022 Montreal 3000 m relay
2026 Montreal 2000 m mixed relay
Winter Youth Olympics
2020 Lausanne 500 m
2020 Lausanne 1000 m
World Junior Championships
2022 Gdańsk 500 m
2022 Gdańsk 1000 m
2022 Gdańsk 3000 m relay
2023 Dresden 500 m
2020 Bormio 500 m
2020 Bormio 1500 m
2023 Dresden 1000 m
2023 Dresden 1000 m

Florence Brunelle (French pronunciation: [flɔʁɑ̃s bʁynɛl]; born December 20, 2003) is a Canadian short-track speed skater.[1] She is a two-time Winter Olympic medalist, two-time World champion, and four-time World Junior champion.

Career

Junior

Brunelle competed at the third Winter Youth Olympics held in Lausanne, Switzerland. Brunelle would go onto win the bronze medal in both individual events contested: the 500 metres and 1000 metres.[2]

Later in the season at the 2020 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Bormio, Italy, Brunelle won two silver medals in the 500 metres and 1500 metres.[3] At the 2022 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Gdańsk, Poland, Brunelle improved on her silver medal performance in the 500 metres, by winning the gold and becoming World Junior Champion.[4][5] Brunelle would also win the gold in the 1000 metres event and was part of the 3000 metres relay gold medal winning team.

Senior

Brunelle made her senior debut at the 2021 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Dordrecht, Netherlands.[1] Brunelle made her World Cup debut in the 2021–22 season, where she won two silver medals in the women's 3000 m relay and the mixed relay.[1]

Winter Olympics

On January 18, 2022, Brunelle was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[6][7][8][9] At the Winter Olympics, Brunelle advanced to the quarterfinals in her only individual event the 500 metres, while finishing fourth in the 3000 metres relay and sixth in the 2000 metres mixed relay.[1]

On December 17, 2025, Brunelle was named to Canada's 2026 Olympic team.[10][11][12] In February 2026, she won a silver medal in the mixed 2000-metre relay.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Florence Brunelle". olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  2. ^ Louis-Simon, Gauthier (January 20, 2020). "Florence Brunelle ajoute une autre médaille aux Jeux olympiques de la Jeunesse" [Florence Brunelle adds another medal at the Youth Olympic Games]. Le Nouvelliste (in French). Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  3. ^ "Double Silver for Florence Brunelle at World Junior Championships in Italy". speedskating.ca/. Speed Skating Canada. February 1, 2020. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  4. ^ "Florence Brunelle and Ann-Sophie Bachand reach 500m podium at World Junior Championships". speedskating.ca/. Speed Skating Canada. March 5, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  5. ^ Vachon, Gauthier (March 5, 2022). "A successful first day in Poland for Florence Brunelle". Le Nouvelliste (in French). Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
  6. ^ "Communication 2442: XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 Beijing Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. December 9, 2021. Archived from the original on December 9, 2021. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  7. ^ Nichols, Paula (January 18, 2022). "Ten short track speed skaters nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  8. ^ Barnes, Dan (January 18, 2022). "Plenty of medal potential on Canada's short track speed skating team headed for Beijing". Toronto Sun. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  9. ^ "3 speed skating veterans lead inexperienced Canadian Olympic short track team". cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. January 18, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  10. ^ "Dandjinou headlines Canada's short track speedskating team for Milan Cortina Olympics". CTV News. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Press. December 17, 2025. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
  11. ^ "Canadian Olympic short track speed skating team announced for Milano Cortina 2026" (Press release). Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Olympic Committee. December 17, 2025. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
  12. ^ "Dandjinou, Sarault headline Canada's strong Olympic short track team for Milano Cortina". CBC Sports. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. December 17, 2025. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
  13. ^ "Canadian short track speed skaters win silver in mixed team relay at Winter Olympics". The Globe and Mail. February 10, 2026. Retrieved February 13, 2026.
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