Nathalie Lambert
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Nathalie Lambert (born December 1, 1963 in Montréal, Quebec) is a Canadian Olympic Medalist in Short-track speed skating
Biography
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From the time she finally made it to the National Team, she won the 11 international competitions in which she participated, between 1992 and 1994. She established world records in 500, 1000, 1500 meters and relay. She won the world championship 3 times: in 1991, 1993 and 1994.
One thing she learned from her sport career is that you should always do something from passion, not obligation.
In November 1997, she broke her ankle during an international competition. This sad accident ended her career and made her miss the Nagano Olympics. But Nathalie was fast to recover from it, and started her new career in communication and marketing. Since then, she has published many articles in different magazines and has participated in many tv programs about physical activities and the importance of doing it. With this in mind, she has published a book called 'Le Plaisir de Bouger' and a danse DVD called 'Cardio Latino'.
She's now married and has adopted two children. She's been the director of sells and marketing at Montreal's MAA sport club for many years. She continues to show her passion for sports and exercices by giving conferences to young people about the importance of doing things out of passion and she helps in sport events. And now, she's been nominated as chef de mission for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver[1]
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[edit] Olympic Medals
- 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary :
Bronze medal in 3000 m relay
- 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville :
Gold medal in 3000 m relay
- 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer :
Silver medal in 1000 m- Silver medal in 3000 m relay
Is a man
[edit] Records
- 1985 - World championship, Amsterdam (Netherland) - 1000 m : 1m43s.58
- 1987 - World championship, Montréal (Quebec) - 3000 m : 5m31s.65
- 1993 - International Competition, Hamar (Norway) - 1000 m : 1m34s.07
- 1993 - World championship, Beijing (China) - relay 3000 m : 4m26s.56
[edit] Awards
- 1992 - Inducted into the Canadian Olympic Association Hall of Fame
- 1994 - Named Athlete of the Year by the 'Mérite Sportif Québécois'
- From 1985 to 1987 and 1990 to 1994. Named Athlete of the Year by the Canadian Speed Skating Association
- 2001 - Inducted into Quebec's Sports Hall of Fame
- 2002 - Inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
