Alexis Contin

Alexis Contin (born 19 October 1986) is a French speed skater. He is ranked 63 on the Adelskalender and is coached by Jan van Veen.

Alexis Contin
Contin in 2007
Personal information
Born (1986-10-19) 19 October 1986
Saint-Malo, France
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country France
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 GangneungMass start
Bronze medal – third place2015 HeerenveenMass start
Bronze medal – third place2016 KolomnaMass start

Contin made his international speedskating debut at the Speed Skating World Cup in December 2005. In January 2007 he competed at an international allround tournament for the first time, finishing 17th at the European Championships held at Collalbo.

In January 2008, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported that Contin quit skating, saying that he felt he could not bring himself to focus entirely on longtrack skating. However, Contin made a return to competitive skating in the 2008–09 season.

He competed in the Dutch marathon circuit, until he made his return to the longtrack at the 2009 European Allround Championships at Heerenveen.

He competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics, finishing 4th in the 10,000 metres and 6th in the 5000.[1]

Contin is the holder of the current French records on the 3000 and 5000 metres distances.[2] He also held the French record on the 10000 metres distance for almost 10 years before losing it to Timothy Loubineaud in 2020.[3]

Personal records
Personal records[4]
Speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m36.577 March 2015Olympic Oval, Calgary
1000 m1:10.2519 January 2013Olympic Oval, Calgary
1500 m1:44.0015 November 2013Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
3000 m3:40.1125 September 2010Olympic Oval, CalgaryCurrent French record.[2]
5000 m6:11.9510 November 2013Olympic Oval, CalgaryCurrent French record.[2]
10000 m13:04.808 March 2015Olympic Oval, CalgaryFrench record until beaten by Timothy Loubineaud on 14 February 2020.[3]

References
  1. Olympic results
  2. "National Records | France (FRA)". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  3. "National Records | France (FRA) | Men 10000m". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  4. "Alexis Contin". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
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