Sylvie Daigle

Sylvie Daigle (born with Sherbrooke, the 1 {{er}} December 1962), is a Canadian athlete , practitioner the speed skating on short track.

Its sporting career

For its first competitions, in 1979, it takes part and triumphs with the Jeux over Canada, gaining the gold medal of the 500,1 000 and 1 500 meters. The following year, with the Olympic Games with Lake Placid, Sylvie Daigle is classified 19th of the 500 meters.

In 1984, with the Winter Olympics to Sarajevo, it is classified 20th of the 500 meters, 25e 1 000 meters and 22e of the 1 500 meters. Two operations, in 1985 and 1987, intended to relieve of the pains to the knees, lead it to reorientate its career; also, in 1987, it decides to be devoted to the speed skating on short track, discipline allowed like sport of demonstration the following year to the Winter Olympics of Calgary. At the time of these plays, Sylvie gains the gold medal of the 1 500 meters, that of money of the 1 000 and 3 000 meters, and that of bronze of the 500 meters and the relay 3 000 meters.

Four years later, with the Winter Olympics to Albertville, the speed skating on short track is officially registered like Olympic test. Sylvie and the Canadian team gains the gold medal of the relay 3 000 meters, but consecutively with a collision with the American competitor Cathy Turner at the time of the preliminary round, it is only classified 18th of the 500 meters.

After these plays, it begins studies of medicine to the Université of Montreal, which it suspends in order to involve for a participation in the Winter Olympics of 1994 with Lillehammer, where it gains a money medal.

Sylvie Daigle leaves the universe of the speed skating after these plays in order to finish her studies and, in 1998, it obtains its diploma of medicine.

Titles

World champion with general classification in 1979,1983,1988,1989 and 1990

Prize list

Winter Olympics

Winter Olympics of 1988 with Calgary Canada

Gold medal of the 1 500 meters
Medal of money of the 1 000 meters
Medal of money of the 3 000 meters
Bronze medal of the 500 meters
Bronze medal of the relay 3 000 meters (Sylvie Daigle, Nathalie Lambert, Donatelli Eden, Marye Perreault)

Winter Olympics of 1992 with Albertville France

Gold medal of the relay 3 000 meters (Angela Cutrone, Sylvie Daigle, Nathalie Lambert, Annie Perreault)

Winter Olympics of 1994 with money Lillehammer Norway

Medal of the relay 3 000 meters (Christine Boudrias, Isabelle Charest, Angela Cutrone, Sylvie Daigle, Nathalie Lambert)

Honors

In 1979 and 1983: Elaine trophy To tan better athlete Canadian junior
Into 1988,1989 and 1991: indicated female athlete of the year by the Canadian Association of speed skating
In 1990: trophy Velma Springstead
In 1991: established with the Temple of the Olympic fame

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