Kim Boutin

Kim Boutin
Boutin in 2017
Personal information
Born (1994-12-16) December 16, 1994 (age 29)
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryCanada
SportShort track speed skating
ClubCPV Sherbrooke
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)500 m: 41.936 WR (2019)
1000 m: 1:28.788 (2017)
1500 m: 2:18.474 (2016)
3000 m: 5:00.068 (2018)
Medal record
Women's short track speed skating
Representing  Canada
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 3
World Championships 1 6 8
World Junior Championships 0 1 0
Total 1 8 11
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Rotterdam 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2019 Sofia 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 2022 Montreal Overall
Silver medal – second place 2022 Montreal 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2022 Montreal 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2022 Montreal 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 2022 Montreal 3000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Montreal 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Montreal 3000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Sofia Overall
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Sofia 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Sofia 3000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Seoul 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Seoul 3000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rotterdam 3000 m relay

Kim Boutin (French pronunciation: [butɛ̃]; born December 16, 1994) is a Canadian short track speed skater. Boutin won silver in the 1,000 m and bronze in the 500 m and 1,500 m events at the 2018 Winter Olympics at Pyeonchang, Korea. She was the first Canadian female short track speed skater to win three individual Olympic medals in a single Olympics and the first Canadian woman to win an Olympic medal in the 1,500 m.[2] As a result of her three medal performance she was named the flag bearer for Canada at the closing ceremonies for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Boutin has also won junior and senior world championships and World Cup medals.[3][4]

On November 3, 2019, she set a new world-record time of 41.936 seconds in the women's 500m event, becoming the first woman to skate the 500 in under 42 seconds.[5]

  1. ^ "Canadian Olympic Committee profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. September 18, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  2. ^ Pete Evans (February 17, 2018). "Samuel Girard becomes Canada's 1st Olympic champion in 1,000m short track". Archived from the original on February 23, 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  3. ^ "Speed Skating Canada profile". Speed Skating Canada. Archived from the original on June 16, 2018. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  4. ^ "ISU Profile". International Skating Union. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  5. ^ "Kim Boutin sets short track world record in women's 500m in Utah". CBC Sports. November 3, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.