Michael Gilday (speed skater)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Born | [1] Iqaluit, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut)[1],Canada | 5 January 1987||||||||||||||||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Website | mgilday.com (archived) | ||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||
Country | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||
Club | Yellowknife Speed Skating Club | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Michael Gilday (born January 5, 1987) is a Canadian former short track speed skater from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
After missing a spot on the Vancouver 2010 team by just 13 one-hundredths of a second, Gilday competed at the Sochi Olympics in the 1500m and 5000m relay. He finished 17th in the 1500m after a disqualification in the semi-finals and he finished in 6th as part of the 5000m relay.[1] Michael retired from short track speed skating after the Olympics.[2]
Michael Gilday was inducted into the NWT Sport Hall of Fame in 2017.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e Athlete Profile, Canadian Olympic Committee.
- ^ "Michael Gilday, Yellowknife's Olympic speedskater, retires | CBC News".
- ^ "Michael Gilday". NWT Sport Hall of Fame. 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
External links
- Speed Skating Canada profile[permanent dead link]
- Official website
- {{Twitter}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- All articles with dead external links
- Articles with dead external links from January 2018
- Articles with permanently dead external links
- Official website not in Wikidata
- Twitter template missing ID and not in Wikidata
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Canadian male short track speed skaters
- Olympic short track speed skaters of Canada
- Short track speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Sportspeople from Yellowknife
- Sportspeople from Nunavut
- People from Iqaluit
- All stub articles
- Canadian speed skating biography stubs