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This article is about the speed skater. For the Major League Baseball pitcher, see Érik Bédard.
Éric Bédard
Medal record
Men's short track speed skating
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Nagano 5000 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2002 Salt Lake City 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2006 Turin 5000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Nagano 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sheffield 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1998 Vienna 5000 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2005 Chuncheon Team
Gold medal – first place 2003 Sofia Team
Gold medal – first place 2001 Nobeyama Team
Gold medal – first place 2000 The Hague Team
Gold medal – first place 1998 Bormio Team
Silver medal – second place 2003 Warsaw 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2002 Montréal 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2001 Jeonju 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sheffield Overall
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sheffield 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 1998 Vienna 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2002 Milwaukee Team
Silver medal – second place 1999 St. Louis Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Montréal 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Sofia 5000 m relay

Éric Bédard (born December 17, 1976, in Sainte-Thècle, Quebec) is a Canadian short track speed skater who has won 4 Olympic medals (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze). He participated in three individual events at the 2006 Winter Olympics and finished fourth in the 500 meters. He also led a team into the 5000 meter relay, winning the silver medal. He has been a long time member of Canada's short track team and has won four medals in three Olympic games: bronze in the 1,000 meters in Nagano, and two golds and a silver in the 5,000 meter relay. He has also had a lot of success at the World Championships, capturing 10 medals, including three golds (5,000 m relay in 2005 and 1998 and 500 m in 2000).

Bédard was national squad coach of Germany from 2008 till 2010. From 2010 he is national squad coach in Italy.[1]

See also

Canadian short track speed skating all-time medals list

References

  1. ^ http://shorttrack.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/wie-eric-bedard-ein-%C2%BBitaliener%C2%AB-wurde/ Bedard changes to Italy on German Shorttrack Newssite

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