Tristan Loy

Tristan Loy (born 11 May 1973) is a French long distance and marathon speedskater, long track speedskater, and inline speedskater.

Loy won the 120 kilometres race of the 2006 Finland Ice Marathon in Kuopio. [ [http://icemarathon.kuls.fi/tulos2006/saturday_categories120MA.htm Finland Ice Marathon 2006] , kuls.fi] During the 2006 Six Days of the Greenery he did not win a race, nor the final classification, but he was named to be the most exciting skater of the tournament. As a result he was awarded 18 points for the 2007 Dick van Gangelen Trophy, the most of all skaters. [ [http://www.marathonschaatsen.nl/show_page.php?Pagina=dvgtrofee0607 Dick van Gangelen Trophy 06-07] , marathonschaatsen.nl]

Loy also takes part in international long track speed skating races, usually over the long distances 5,000 and 10,000 metres. His performances include a first place (Kolomna, December 2007) and a second place (?, 2006) in the B group World Cup race over 10,000 metres. On the first of these occasions, his Group B winning time 13:14.92 was only beaten by one skater in Group A; and on the second occasion, his time was the sixth fastest at the event, faster than Olympic gold medallist Bob de Jong. As of|2007|12, Loy is ranked 20th in the 10,000-m distance all-time list. [ [http://www.sskating.com/index.php?dist=10000&menu=3&season=2006/2007 10000 m statistics] , from Jakub Majerski's Speed Skating Database] His personal bests are as follows: [ [http://www.sskating.com/index.php?season=2006/2007&name=LOY&fname=Tristan&nat=FRA Tristan Loy] , from Jakub Majerski's Speed Skating Database]

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