Shannon Rempel

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Shannon Rempel
Shannon Rempel participating at the 2007 World Cup at Heerenveen, Netherlands.
Country	Canada
Club	Canadian Sprint Team St. James Speed Skating Club
Date of birth	November 26, 1984
Place of birth	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Personal best	500m - 37.80 1000m - 1:15.00 1500m - 1:57.24 3000m - 4:15.28
Titles
World Cup wins	2006 - 1000m

Medal record
Women's speed skating
Canadian Junior Sprint Championships
Silver	1999	500m
Canadian Single Distance Championships
Gold	2006	500m
Gold	2006	500m
Bronze	2006	1000m
Silver	2006	1500m
Canadian Sprint Championships
Gold	2004	Overall
Silver	2003	Overall
Olympic Games
Silver	2006 Turin	Team pursuit
Olympic Oval Invitational
Bronze	2006	1500m
World Championships
Gold	2007 Salt Lake City	Team pursuit
World Cup 5
Gold	2006 Japan	1000m
Bronze	2006 Japan	1000m
World Cup Trials
Gold	2006	500m
World Cup Standings
Silver	2006	Team pursuit
World Junior Championships
Bronze	2004	Overall
Gold	2004	500m
Gold	2004	1000m
Bronze	2004	1500m
Bronze	2004	Team pursuit
Gold	2003 Kushiro	Overall
Silver	2003 Kushiro	500m
Gold	2003 Kushiro	1000m
Silver	2001	500m
Bronze	2001	1000m

Shannon Rempel (born on November 26, 1984 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian speed skater.^[1] Most notably, Rempel is known for her win as the 2003 World Junior Speed Skating Championships and participation in the 2006 Winter Olympics which won her team a silver in the team pursuit.^[1]

Rempel was a silver medalist in the 1000m at the 2004 World Cup in Harbin, China. In 2004 she was a silver medalist at the World Junior Championships and in 2003 she was a World Junior Champion.^[1] At the 2001 World Junior Championships she won a silver in the 500m and a bronze in the 1000m. She holds the World Junior record for the 500m.^[1]

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Professional speed skating career 1.3 Hobbies 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Shannon was introduced to speed skating at age 10^[1] at the St. James Speed Skating Club when her friend suggested that she try it.

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[edit] Professional speed skating career

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[edit] Hobbies

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• Photos of Shannon Rempel

Preceded by Elma de Vries

Female World Junior Speed Skating Champion 2003

Succeeded by Eriko Ishino

Persondata
NAME	Shannon Rempel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Canadian speed skater from Winnipeg, Manitoba; participated in the 2006 Olympic Games and was the Female World Junior Speed Skating Champion in 2003.
DATE OF BIRTH	November 26, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH