François-Louis Tremblay

Infobox Speed Skater
name = François-Louis Tremblay


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country = CAN
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birth_place = Alma, Quebec
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weight = convert|72|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
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François-Louis Tremblay (born November 13, 1980 in Alma, Quebec) is a Canadian short track speed skater and three-time Olympic medalist who competed at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics.

At the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, he was a member of Canada's gold medal-winning 5,000-meter relay team. In Turin, Italy at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, Tremblay won two silver medals. He won an individual medal by finishing second in the men's 500-meter race and also took part in the men's 5,000-meter relay that finished second behind the South Korean team.

Tremblay was the two-time world champion at 500 meters, having won back-to-back titles at the 2005 World Short Track Championships in Beijing and again at the 2006 World Short Track Championships in Minneapolis.

Personal life

He has been dating Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette since meeting her when they both represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. [ [http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080505&content_id=48052&vkey=ice_news icenetwork.com, May 5, 2008: "Love Life, Gold Medal on Rochette's Mind"] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.speedskating.ca/eng/highperformance/bios_st/tremblay_f_l.htm Speed Skating Canada bio]
* [http://isu.cyberscoreboard.com/interlynx/index.asp?SUBSPORTID=5&VIEW=BIO&SCOPE=BIO&PERSONID=4458 CyberScoreboard bio & career achievements]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/athletes/athletesnamebio.shtml?francois-louis_tremblay.html CBC.ca bio]
* [http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/5065971/detail.html NBC Olympics bio and Q&A]