Mathieu Turcotte

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Olympic medal record
Men's Short track speed skating
Gold	2002 Salt Lake City	5000 m relay
Silver	2006 Turin	5000 m relay
Bronze	2002 Salt Lake City	1000 m

Mathieu Turcotte (born February 8, 1977 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian athlete.

Turcotte rose to fame within Canada, upon winning the bronze in the men's 1000 m in the Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics, with a time of 1:30.563, and winning a gold as part of the men's 5000 m relay at the same games, with a team time of 6:51.579.

He placed 6th at the men's 1500 m short track speed skating at the 2006 Olympics with a time of 2:24.558.

Mathieu is now the President of Apex Racing Skates, a company that makes custom short track speed skates. link

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Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Persondata
NAME	Turcotte, Mathieu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Canadian short-track speed skater
DATE OF BIRTH	February 8, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sherbrooke, Quebec
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH