Courtney Sarault

Courtney Sarault
Sarault at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (2000-04-24) April 24, 2000
Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Home townMoncton, New Brunswick, Canada[1]
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportShort track speed skating
ClubCodiac Cyclones
Achievements and titles
Personal bests500m: 42.176 (2025)
1000m: 1:27:470 (2021)
1500m: 2:17:707 (2021)
3000m: 5:07:250 (2022)
Medal record
Women's short-track speed skating
Representing  Canada
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 2 2
World Championships 1 6 5
World Junior Championships 1 3 1
Total 2 11 8
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2026 Milano Cortina1000 m
Silver medal – second place2026 Milano CortinaMixed 2000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2026 Milano Cortina500 m
Bronze medal – third place2026 Milano Cortina3000 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 Beijing3000 m relay
Silver medal – second place2021 Dordrecht1500 m
Silver medal – second place2021 DordrechtOverall
Silver medal – second place2022 Montreal3000 m relay
Silver medal – second place2025 Beijing1000 m
Silver medal – second place2025 Beijing1500 m
Silver medal – second place2026 Montreal2000 m mixed relay
Bronze medal – third place2019 Sofia3000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2021 Dordrecht1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2023 Seoul1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2023 Seoul3000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2024 Rotterdam3000 m relay
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Tomaszów Mazowiecki3000 m relay
Silver medal – second place2018 Tomaszów MazowieckiOverall
Silver medal – second place2018 Tomaszów Mazowiecki1000 m
Silver medal – second place2018 Tomaszów Mazowiecki1500 m
Bronze medal – third place2019 Montréal1500 m

Courtney Lee Sarault (born April 24, 2000) is a Canadian short track speed skater. She is a four-time Olympic medalist and winner of the Crystal Globe title for the 2025 Short Track World Tour. As of February 2026, she is ranked as the world #1 in the women's 1,000m short track distance.

Career

Junior

Sarault competed at the 2015 Canada Games at the age of 14. She placed 30th, 8th, and 7th in 500m, 1000m and 1500m, respectively, and won a silver medal in the 3000m relay.[2]

Sarault participated in the 2017 World Junior Championships. She had her breakout moment at the 2018 World Junior Championships, where she finished second overall after winning two thousand silver medals in the 1000m and 1500m. She also captured gold with the 3000m relay team. Sarault was named Short Track Rising Star of the Year by Speed Skating Canada.

Sarault won a bronze medal in 1500m at the 2019 World Junior Championships.

Senior

Sarault made her world cup debut during the 2018–19 season and won her first-ever World Cup medal in 1500m in Calgary. She made her world championship debut at the 2019 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, winning a bronze medal in the 3000m relay.[3] At the inaugural Four Continents Short Track Speed Skating Championships in 2020, Sarault won 500m bronze and 1000m silver to finish third overall behind Choi Min-jeong and Seo Whi-Min of South Korea.

Sarault finished second overall behind Suzanne Schulting at the 2021 World Championships; Sarault won 1500m silver and 1000m bronze at the only international short track event of the season.

Sarault was named to Team Canada and made her Olympic debut at the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games in February.[4][5][6][7] She participated in the 1000 and 1500 metre events and was a member of the 3000 metre relay team.

On December 17, 2025, Sarault was named to Canada's 2026 Olympic team.[8][9][10] In February 2026, she won a silver medal in the mixed 2000-metre relay, a silver medal in the women's 1000-meter, a bronze medal in the women's 500-metre and a bronze medal in the women's 3000-metre relay at the Milano Cortina Olympic Games.[11][12]

Personal life

Sarault is the daughter of former NHL player Yves Sarault, and was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan while he was a under contract to the Ottawa Senators playing part of a season in the minors with the Grand Rapids Griffins.[13] She began skating at a very young age and took up speed skating at the age of seven.

References

  1. ↑ "Speed Skating Canada profile". Speed Skating Canada. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
  2. ↑ "2015 Canada Games Results – Courtney Sarault". cg2015.gems.pro. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  3. ↑ 3000 m relay results
  4. ↑ "Communication 2442: XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 Beijing Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. December 9, 2021. Archived from the original on December 9, 2021. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  5. ↑ Nichols, Paula (January 18, 2022). "Ten short track speed skaters nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  6. ↑ Barnes, Dan (January 18, 2022). "Plenty of medal potential on Canada's short track speed skating team headed for Beijing". Toronto Sun. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  7. ↑ "3 speed skating veterans lead inexperienced Canadian Olympic short track team". cbc.ca. CBC Sports. January 18, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Dandjinou headlines Canada's short track speedskating team for Milan Cortina Olympics". CTV News. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Press. December 17, 2025. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Canadian Olympic short track speed skating team announced for Milano Cortina 2026" (Press release). Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Olympic Committee. December 17, 2025. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Dandjinou, Sarault headline Canada's strong Olympic short track team for Milano Cortina". CBC Sports. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. December 17, 2025. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Canadian short track speed skaters win silver in mixed team relay at Winter Olympics". The Globe and Mail. February 10, 2026. Retrieved February 13, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Sarault wins bronze in short track, while Dandjinou misses the podium — National Post". apple.news. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
  13. ↑ Canadian short track speed skaters Sarault, Charles hit podium in World Cup debuts
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