Michel Daignault
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Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | June 25, 1966||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Short track speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michel Daignault (born June 25, 1966) is a Canadian short track speed skater who competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics and in the 1992 Winter Olympics. He is a two-time Overall World Champion, having won the titles in 1987 (shared) and 1989.
He was born in Montreal, Quebec and is the older brother of Laurent Daignault.
In 1988 he competed in the first short track speed skating events at the Olympics when this sport was a demonstration sport. He was a member of the Canadian relay team which finished third in the 5000 metre relay competition. He also finished third in the 3000 metres event and second in the 1000 metres contest.
In 1992 he was a member of the Canadian relay team which won the silver medal in the 5000 metre relay competition. In the 1000 m event he finished eighth.
External links
[edit]- Michel Daignault at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Michel Daignault at the International Skating Union
- Michel Daigneault at The-Sports.org
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Canadian male short-track speed skaters
- Olympic short-track speed skaters for Canada
- Short-track speed skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Short-track speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Canada
- Olympic medalists in short-track speed skating
- Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters from Montreal
- Winter World University Games medalists in short-track speed skating
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Competitors at the 1985 Winter Universiade
- World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
- Canadian Winter Olympic medalist stubs
- Canadian speed skating biography stubs