François-Louis Tremblay

François-Louis Tremblay

Personal information
Born	(1980-11-13) November 13, 1980 (age 36) Alma, Quebec
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
World championship wins	2008-09 500m
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Short track speed skating
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	500 m: 40.684 (2009) 1000 m: 1:24.298 (2005) 1500 m: 2:13.803 (2004) 3000 m: -:--.---
Medal record Men's short track speed skating Representing  Canada Winter Olympics 2002 Salt Lake 5000 m relay 2010 Vancouver 5000 m relay 2006 Turin 500 m 2006 Turin 5000 m relay 2010 Vancouver 500 m World Championships 2000 The Hague Team 2001 Nobeyama Team 2005 Beijing 500 m 2005 Beijing 5000 m relay 2005 Chuncheon Team 2006 Minneapolis 500 m 2006 Minneapolis 5000 m relay 2007 Budapest Team 2012 Shanghai 5000 m Relay 1999 St. Louis Team 2002 Milwaukee Team 2005 Beijing 1500 m 2006 Minneapolis 3000 m 2006 Montréal Team 2007 Milan 500 m 2007 Milan 5000 m relay 2009 Heerenveen Team 1999 Sofia 5000 m relay 2005 Beijing Overall 2006 Minneapolis Overall 2010 Sofia 500 m Goodwill Games 2000 500 m 2000 1000 m 2000 5000 m relay

François-Louis Tremblay (born November 13, 1980, in Alma, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian short track speed skater and five-time Olympic medalist who competed at the 2002, 2006, and 2010 Winter Olympics.

François-Louis Tremblay is one of only two Canadian men to win 5 medals at the Winter Olympic games, the other man being Marc Gagnon. At the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Tremblay was a member of Canada's gold medal-winning 5,000-meter relay team. In Turin, Italy, at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, he 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. He added a bronze medal in the 500 m and gold medal in the 5000 m relay in 2010.

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.

Tremblay's career has been one as a prominent member of the Canadian short track team. The emphasis is particularly on team here as Tremblay has featured prominently as a member of the relay team helping it to a gold medal during the 2002 Olympics and a silver medal in Turin 2006. It was at the Turin Olympics that Tremblay won his first individual medal finishing 2nd behind Apolo Anton Ohno. Tremblay is currently second on the all-time medals list for Canadian short-trackers in medals received in the Olympics and World Championships, although 7 of his 9 gold members were either a part of the relay team or World Team Championships. He did win the 500m world crown back to back in 2005 and 2006, following with a silver behind teammate Charles Hamelin in 2007.

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