Ivanie Blondin

Ivanie Blondin
Ivanie Blondin in 2013
Personal information
Born (1990-04-02) April 2, 1990
Ottawa, Ontario[1]
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportSpeed skating
Events
5000 m, Mass start
ClubGloucester Concordes
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2022 BeijingTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2026 Milano CortinaTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2022 BeijingMass start
Silver medal – second place2026 Milano CortinaMass start
World Single Distances Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 KolomnaMass start
Gold medal – first place2020 Salt Lake CityMass start
Gold medal – first place2023 HeerenveenTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2023 HeerenveenTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2024 CalgaryTeam sprint
Silver medal – second place2015 HeerenveenMass start
Silver medal – second place2019 InzellMass start
Silver medal – second place2021 HeerenveenMass start
Silver medal – second place2021 HeerenveenTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2023 HeerenveenMass start
Silver medal – second place2024 CalgaryMass start
Silver medal – second place2024 CalgaryTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2025 HamarTeam sprint
Silver medal – second place2025 HamarMass start
Bronze medal – third place2017 Gangneung5000 m
Bronze medal – third place2020 Salt Lake CityTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2025 HamarTeam pursuit
World Allround Championships
Silver medal – second place2020 HamarAllround
Four Continents Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 Salt Lake CityMass start
Gold medal – first place2024 Salt Lake CityTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2025 HachinoheMass start
Gold medal – first place2025 HachinoheTeam sprint
Bronze medal – third place2024 Salt Lake CityTeam sprint
Bronze medal – third place2025 Hachinohe1500 m
Bronze medal – third place2025 Hachinohe3000 m

Ivanie Blondin (born April 2, 1990) is a Canadian speed skater. She primarily skates in the long distances of 3000 m and 5000 m and the mass start event. Blondin won a silver medal in the mass start event at the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships[2] and again at the 2025 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships[3] and a gold medal in the same event at the 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships.[4] She also won the silver medal at the 2020 World Allround Speed Skating Championships.[5] She won a gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Women's team pursuit, and at the 2026 Winter Olympics, once again in the team pursuit discipline.[6][7]

Career

She began her career competing in short track speed skating while a youth in the Gloucester Concordes skating club. She competed there with fellow Olympian Vincent De Haître, to whom she feels like an older sister.[8] After Blondin failed to qualify in short track for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver she nearly quit sport. Mike Rivet, her coach in Gloucester, convinced her to switch to long track. Reflecting on this decision, she said, "I was ready to quit skating because I was just so discouraged and disappointed with it. I think (the switch) was the best decision I could have ever made."[8] As a result, Blondin represented Canada in both the long-distance events at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi as well as the team pursuit event.

Blondin won her first major competitive medal when she placed second in the mass start event at the 2015 World Single Distance Championships. After the race, she said, "I would have preferred the gold medal, but finishing first at this stage of my career remains a big accomplishment for me, so I'm super pumped with second place. I'm ecstatic with the result, which follows a fantastic season."[2]

2018 Olympics

After results from the 2017–18 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, Blondin pre-qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.[9] She competed in the 3000 m, 5000 m, mass start, and team relay events.

In 2020, she won the mass start event gold medal at the 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships at the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City, United States.[4] This was followed up with the silver medal at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships in March. She was the first Canadian woman to reach the overall podium at that event since 2012 and the fifth since the event started in 1936.[5]

2022 Winter Olympics

In January 2022, Blondin was named to her third Olympic team.[10][11][12] Blondin won the gold medal as part of the team pursuit event.[13][14]

Blondin competed in the mass start event at the Olympics, winning her semifinal to go on to the final. In the last lap of the final, Blondin was following behind Irene Schouten; over the last turn, Blondin led, but Schouten pushed passed her to edge her out for the gold. Blondin won her second silver medal of these games.[15] After the race, she spoke with CBC Sports: "These races, the mass start, it fires me up. I'm a little bit of a fighter, and I'm very competitive, so the fact that girls were pushing me and there was a lot of jostling and pushing and shoving around just fires me up and kinda gets me going."[15]

2025 Word Single Distances Speed Skating Championships

At the 2025 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships she won three medals: silver medals in the mass start (her eighth career mass start medal at the world championships) and team sprint events, and bronze in the team pursuit event.[3]

2026 Winter Olympics

On February 17, 2026, Blouin won gold in the women's team pursuit event at the 2026 Winter Olympics alongside teammates Valérie Maltais and Isabelle Weidemann with a time of 2:55.80.[7] She later won her second medal of the Games with a silver in the mass start.[16]

Personal life

Blondin started skating in her backyard at the age of 2. She initially was in figure skating, but seeing herself as a tomboy, she was more inclined to speed skate and took that up at age seven instead.[17] Blondin said she loved the feeling of speed on her skates, which is why she chose the sport over cross-country skiing.[17] Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Blondin attended École secondaire catholique Garneau, a catholic French high school;[18] she completed a Veterinary Assistant program at Robertson College online and has a pet parrot named Gizmo and a St. Bernard-Pyrenees cross named Brooks.[17] Blondin married Hungarian speed skater Konrád Nagy in 2020.[19]

Personal records

Personal records[20]
Women's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m38.8323 February 2019Olympic Oval, Calgary
1000 m1:14.184 January 2020Olympic Oval, Calgary
1500 m1:51.768 February 2020Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake CityCurrent Canadian record (2020–)[21]
3000 m3:56.883 December 2021Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
5000 m6:48.9815 February 2020Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City

She is currently in 6th position in the adelskalender.[22]

References

  1. ↑ Speed Skating Canada. "Profile". Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Blondin wins silver, Dubreuil bronze at speed skating worlds". CBC Sports. February 15, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Ivanie Blondin wins silver for 8th career mass start medal at world championships". CBC Sports. March 16, 2025. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
  4. 1 2 Coon, John (February 16, 2020). "Ivanie Blondin claims mass start gold at world speed skating championships". CBC Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Blondin earns rare overall podium finish for Canadian women at allround speed skating worlds". CBC Sports. March 1, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Ivanie Blondin". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. January 22, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  7. 1 2 Harrison, Doug (February 17, 2026). "Canadian speed skating women capture gold for back-to-back Olympic titles in team pursuit". CBC Sports. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
  8. 1 2 "Ottawa-raised speed skaters qualify for 1st Olympics together". CBC Sports. January 29, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Potential battles for the last Olympic spots available set to take place at 2018 Long Track Team Selections". speedskating.ca. Speed Skating Canada. December 29, 2017. Archived from the original on December 29, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  10. ↑ Nichols, Paula (January 17, 2022). "16 long track speed skaters nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Bloemen, Dubreuil leads Canada's long-track speedskaters into Beijing". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. January 17, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Speed skating Olympians Blondin, Dubreuil front Canada's long track team for Beijing". cbc.ca. CBC Sports. January 17, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  13. ↑ Boynton, Sean (February 15, 2022). "Canada wins gold medal in women's team pursuit speed skating at Beijing Olympics". Global News. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Canada captures gold in Olympic women's speedskating team pursuit". sportsnet.ca. Sportsnet. February 15, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  15. 1 2 Dichter, Myles (February 19, 2022). "Canada's Ivanie Blondin skates to 2nd medal of Beijing Olympics with mass start silver". CBC Sports. CBC Sports. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  16. ↑ Harrison, Doug (February 21, 2026). "Canada's Ivanie Blondin repeats as Olympic silver medallist in speed skating mass start". CBC Sports. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  17. 1 2 3 "Canadian Olympic Committee profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. January 22, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
  18. ↑ Mercier, Zakary (February 17, 2026). "«Ça fait rêver»: une école entière derrière Ivanie Blondin". Le Droit (in French). Retrieved July 30, 2026.
  19. ↑ Rachel Brady (February 17, 2022). "Canadian speed skater Ivanie Blondin gets second chance to shine in the mass start at Beijing Olympics". Globe and Mail.
  20. ↑ "Ivanie Blondin". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  21. ↑ McClennan, John (ed.). "National Records | Canada (CAN) | Women 1500m". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
  22. ↑ "Adelskalendern". evertstenlund.se. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
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