Chantal Bailey

Chantal Bailey
Chantal Bailey
Personal information
Born May 28, 1965 (1965-05-28) (age 46)
Website www.bemidjispeedskating.org
Sport
Country  United States

Chantal Bailey (-Cermak, née Dunn) (Born May 28,[1] 1965). Was a member of the 1994 US Olympic Team for Speedskating. Currently she is coach for the Bemidji, MN Pioneer Speedskating Club [1].

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Biography

Chantal was born May 28 and grew up in Champaign, IL. Which is the same home town of her 1994 Olympic teammate Bonnie Blair, who wrote in Chantal's freshman yearbook, "I really think you should be a speed skater".[2] As a child and a teenager Chantal was a figure skater before turning over to speedskating.[2] At the age of 14 she was diagnosed as bulimic.[2] After graduation from Centennial High School in Champaign, she moved to the Boulder, CO area to get a degree in sports medicine technology. While waiting tables she wanted to exercise, so she purchased a $6 pair of speedskates from a Boulder, CO garage sale[3] and begun speedskating. In 1990 she made the US National Speedskating Team and four years later made the US Olympic Team.[3]

Speedskating

Chantal began speedskating in 1986 and in 1990 made the US National team. Her success came when she was crowned the 1992-93 all-around U.S. women’s speed skating champion and 1994 national champion in the 3,000-meter race.[4] She made the 1994 Olympic team and won the 1995 age-class national championships for speedskating.[5] Chantal retired from competitive speedskating in 1998.

Personal records

Distance Result Location Date
500 m 41.02 Unknown 1998
1,000 m 1:20.90 Unknown 1998
1,500 m 2:06.19 Unknown 1998
3,000 m 4:30.84 Unknown 1993
5,000 m 7:49.74 Unknown 1993

[1]

Olympic Results

Distance Result Location Date
1,000 m 1:23.52 Vikingskipet February 23, 1994
1,500 m 2:09.68 Vikingskipet February 21, 1994
3,000 m 4:34.64 Vikingskipet February 17, 1994

[1]

Pioneer Speeedskating Club of Bemidji, MN

In the winter of 2005-2006 Chantal started the Pioneer Skating Club in Bemidji, MN. Her club has hosted to the 2008, 2009, and 2010 National Long Track Marathon.

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