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  Catriona Le May Doan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Catriona Ann Le May Doan, O.C. (born December 23, 1970) is a Canadian speed skater and a double Olympic champion in the 500 m.
Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, of Scottish ancestry, Le May Doan won the Olympic 500 m title at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan and she repeated this feat at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, giving rise to the title "the fastest woman on ice".
Le May Doan is married to Bart Doan, a rodeo cowboy and icemaker at the Olympic Oval, and cousin of NHL hockey player Shane Doan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Catriona_LeMay_Doan   (825 words)

  
 Canadian Women Heroes: Catriona Le May Doan
Catriona continued to dominate in the 1000m, setting a Canadian record of 1:14.99, just four tenths off the world record time and bettering her time of 1:15.28 set in 1998.
For a second time in the same year, Catriona broke her world record in the 500m with a time of 37.29 to capture the World Single Distance Championships, which were held in Salt Lake City, the site of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
Catriona is now breaking records and establishing new marks at every event she competes in.
www.caaws.ca /girlsatplay/heroes/2002/stories/lemaydoan.htm   (499 words)

  
 Canadian Olympic Committee
May 23, 2003 - The Canadian Olympic Committee offers its heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to Catriona Le May Doan, who officially announced yesterday that she was hanging up her skates and retiring from the national speed skating team.
Le May Doan is most recognized for her back-to-back Olympic gold medals at the Nagano and Salt Lake Winter games, and her current standing world record in the 500 m sprint event.
Le May Doan will maintain an active schedule of speaking engagements and appearances and will participate in the final presentation of the Vancouver 2010 Bid to the International Olympic Committee in Prague on July 2.
www.olympic.ca /EN/organization/news/2003/0523.shtml   (403 words)

  
 Augusta Georgia: Other Sports:Le May Doan cruises to another 500 title 02/15/02
Le May Doan crossed the line in 37.45 seconds, giving her an aggregate time in the two-day event of 1 minute, 14.75 seconds.
Surprisingly, Le May Doan failed to break her own world record of 37.22, even though she finished on the more favorable outer lane.
Le May Doan took a victory lap lugging a red-and-white Canadian flag, with a small banner attached to it representing her home province of Saskatchewan.
chronicle.augusta.com /stories/021502/oly_124-5577.shtml   (596 words)

  
 >LeMay Doan in Vancouver
CATRIONA Le May Doan, the World and Olympic speed skating champion in the 500m sprint, will be the keynote speaker October 1 at Trinity Western University's inaugural Spartan Hall of Fame Fundraiser Dinner.
Le May Doan will share her insights on achieving her goals and the experience she has gained through trials and triumphs.
Le May Doan "has shown excellence both on and off the ice in her community, in her country and around the world," stated Lou Ragagnin, chief operating officer for the Canadian Olympic Committee.
www.canadianchristianity.com /cgi-bin/bc.cgi?bc/bccn/0903/lemay   (242 words)

  
 CANOE 2002 Games - Team Canada - Catriona Le May Doan
Catriona Le May Doan enters the 2002 Winter Olympics as Canada's top gold medal hope in an individual sport.
The hero of the 1998 Nagano team, Le May Doan was dominant in the 500-metres last season.
Le May Doan started speed skating at age nine following in the footsteps of her older sister.
www.canoe.ca /2002GamesTeamCanadaBiosA2M/lemaydoan.html   (410 words)

  
 Catrino Le May Doan
Le May Doan has been the only successful Canadian to defend an Olympic title to date.
Le May Doan has been a positive influence in the Olympic arena on and off the ice.
Catriona Le May Doan has trained at the Calgary’s Olympic Oval and has received an Honorary Degree from the University of Calgary.
www.calgarychristian.com /articles/311-catriona.htm   (630 words)

  
 Living Light News Online
Chosen as Canada's flag bearer for the opening ceremonies at Salt Lake, Le May Doan said that she felt at peace and at ease with whatever transpired on the ice.
Le May Doan, 31, didn't always rate Christianity so highly because she viewed it as a religion rather than a personal relationship with God.
But Le May Doan saved her best performance for Japan in the 1998 Olympic games, winning a gold medal in the 500 metres and a bronze in the 1,000.
www.livinglightnews.org /vcatriona.html   (880 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Le May Doan wins again, will not pursue third
Catriona Le May Doan won't be going for a third straight gold medal.
So is Le May Doan, who insists that she won't be coaxed into pursuing Blair's record of three in a row, set in 1988, '92 and '94.
Le May Doan said her legs tightened up after 300 meters, so she just focused on doing enough to win the gold.
sports.espn.go.com /oly/winter02/speed/news?id=1332935   (876 words)

  
 Right To Play: Right To Play - Our Athletes
Catriona Le May Doan is the fastest woman on ice.
Catriona’s accomplishments have earned her the 2002 Lou Marsh Award as Canada’s Athlete of the Year and she is a three-time recipient (1998, 2001, 2002) of the Canadian Female Athlete of the Year award.
In June, 2002, Catriona was presented with an Honorary Degree from the University of Calgary where she gave the convocation speech to the graduating class.
www.righttoplay.com /site/PageServer?pagename=catriona   (631 words)

  
 Canadian Bible Society - One Verse: Catriona Le May Doan
In 2002, Catriona Le May Doan won the Lou Marsh award as Canada’s Athlete of the year.
Catriona is the only Canadian athlete to successfully defend an Olympic title, having won gold in the 500m at both the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, and at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City.
Catriona and her husband, Bart Doan, are expecting their first child in May.
www.biblesociety.ca /hearts_lives/one_verse/catriona.html   (436 words)

  
 SLAM! NAGANO: Catriona Le May Doan
 Two seasons ago Catriona Le May Doan of Saskatoon emerged as one of the top sprinters in the world.
She did take a silver however at the world sprint championships, the most important meet of the year.
I think I've made a big step towards this winter." Le May Doan's 1994 Olympic experience is one she'd rather forget.
www.canoe.ca /SlamNaganoCanada/lemaydoan_c.html   (216 words)

  
 United Athletes Magazine - Catriona Le May Doan
Catriona Le May Doan: It was overwhelming walking into the opening ceremony.
Catriona (confirms that she doesn’t like pressure just with her tone of voice): I don’t like pressure.
Catriona: Training is big, but I think more than that is being part of a team, because you cannot do it on your own even in an individual sport.
www.unitedathletes.com /english/interviews/clemaydoan.html   (1975 words)

  
 Le May Doan forced to sing sexist anthem, Senator says   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
OTTAWA - Canada's national anthem did not do justice to speed skater Catriona Le May Doan last week when she stood on the Olympic podium to receive her gold medal in Salt Lake City, the Senate was told yesterday.
Launching her private member's bill to change the anthem, Vivienne Poy, a Liberal Senator, argued the words to O Canada should be made more inclusive of women by simply changing the words "thy sons command" to "of us command" to make it gender-neutral.
Last week when Catriona Le May Doan stood on the podium after winning the first gold medal for Canada in the 500-metre speed-skating race, should she not have been celebrated in the words of the anthem as it played for all the world to hear?" Ms.
www.fact.on.ca /news/news0202/np02022a.htm   (370 words)

  
 Augusta Georgia: Other Sports:Le May Doan sets Olympic record 02/14/02
KEARNS, Utah -- Canada's Catriona Le May Doan posted the fastest 500-meter time at the speedskating oval Wednesday, retaking her Olympic record after seeing it broken earlier.
Le May Doan, the defending Olympic champion, skated 37.30 seconds, just.08 off her world record of 37.22 set in December at her home oval in Calgary.
Le May Doan showed she is in top form and poised to break her world record.
chronicle.augusta.com /stories/021402/oly_124-5543.shtml   (341 words)

  
 Olympics: Olympic roundup
Canada’s Catriona Le May Doan celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's 500m speed skating on Thursday.
Le May Doan's aggregate time of 1 minute, 14.75 seconds in the two-day event easily outpaced a pair of Germans.
Le May Doan, who arrived in Utah having won 18 of her last 19 races, took a victory lap lugging a red-and-white Canadian flag, with a small banner attached to it representing her home province of Saskatchewan.
www.sptimes.com /2002/02/15/Olympics/Olympic_roundup.shtml   (806 words)

  
 Athletes.com - Craig Ballantyne - Olympic Report: Profile Of Coach Matt Jordan!
There was of course the fabulous feeling of watching Catriona Le May Doan win a gold in the Women's 500 meter and the feeling of despair watching Jeremy Witherspoon fall off the start in the Men's 500 meter.
As for Catriona, all I can say is she stepped up and pulled off one of the best performances I have ever seen.
Catriona opened up fast and down the final straight away she had a 10 meter lead over Monique.
athletes.com /fun/cb8.htm   (3061 words)

  
 Bruny Surin waves goodbye while Catriona Le May Doan skates to glory in 2002
Catriona Le May Doan of Saskatoon, Sask., waves the Canadian flag as she skates around the ice after winning the gold medal in the women's 500m speed skating at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic games on Thursday Feb. 14, 2002.
 Catriona Le May Doan remained the fastest woman on skates while Jeremy Wotherspoon got up and dusted himself off after falling on his face.
 Le May Doan wore her husband's fl cowboy hat as she did a victory lap after winning the 500-metre gold medal at the Salt Lake City Olympics.
www.chl.ca /Slam2002/amateur.html   (1012 words)

  
 SkateResults.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Catriona Le May Doan, born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, won the Olympic 500 m title in Nagano 1998, and she repeated this successfully in Salt Lake City 2002.
In the period 1998-2002 Catriona was called "the fastest woman on ice".
She is married to Bart Doan - a rodeo cowboy and icemaker at the Calgary Olympic Oval.
www.skateresults.com /skater/show/633   (314 words)

  
 Culture, Youth and Recreation #02-102 - PROVINCE CONGRATULATES CATRIONA LE MAY DOAN - Government News Release
Culture, Youth and Recreation Minister Joanne Crofford expressed the pride of the province today when she congratulated Catriona Le May Doan on her gold medal race.
Saskatoon native Le May Doan captured Canada's first gold medal of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City yesterday.
Le May Doan competed in the women's 500-metre speed skating and defended her gold medal finish at the Nagano Olympics.
www.gov.sk.ca /newsrel/releases/2002/02/15-102.html   (232 words)

  
 ESPN.com: OLY - Le May Doan edges Rodriguez in 1,000-meter Cup final
INZELL, Germany -- Canadian speedskater Catriona Le May Doan won the 1,000-meter race at the World Cup finals Sunday, comfortably ahead of runner-up Jennifer Rodriguez of the United States.
Le May Doan's victory came one day after her 20-race winning streak ended in the 500.
Garbrecht-Enfeldt, who won the silver medal behind Le May Doan in the 500 at last month's Olympics, was third in 1:18.00.
espn.go.com /oly/news/2002/0310/1348722.html   (284 words)

  
 One Canuck's Radio Weblog
Vive le Canada." Most of the remarks at the state dinner were in French, and at least one VIP in attendance, American ambassador to Canada Paul Cellucci, might have missed most of what was said.'
CBC Sports: Catriona Le May Doan: Canada's speed queen 'Catriona Le May Doan, Canada's reigning queen of long-track speed skating, is relinquishing her crown.'
CBC Sports: Le May Doan retiring 'The 32-year-old is one of Canada's most decorated athletes.
radio.weblogs.com /0102095/categories/canuck/2003/05/22.html   (168 words)

  
 The Sweeney Agency : Speaker Profiles : Catriona Le May Doan
With her incredible speed skating performance in Salt Lake City in 2002, Catriona Le May Doan became the first Canadian to successfully defend a gold medal at any Olympic games.
A study in determination, heart and a fierce belief in her abilities, Catriona has, during her career, experienced both bitter disappointment and awe-inspiring success.
An articulate and compelling speaker, Catriona’s personal and perceptive observations on dealing with the peaks and valleys of her career and the voyages in between captivate the hearts and minds of audiences.
www.thesweeneyagency.com /profiles.php?showsite=47   (268 words)

  
 Globeinvestor.com: Media Advisory - Olympic Champion, Catriona Le May Doan, the fastest woman on ice, will take centre ...
Media Advisory - Olympic Champion, Catriona Le May Doan, the fastest woman on ice, will take centre stage at annual appreciation award luncheon
Doan, an Olympic speed skater, has broken the world record eight times.
Catriona serves as an inspiration and role model for up-and-coming athletes, especially here in
www.globeinvestor.com /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CNW/20060620/C7633   (423 words)

  
 Digital Journal - Canada Gets Its Gold with Le May Doan, But Olympic Skating Controversy Continues
Catriona Le May Doan waves the Canadian flag to the spectators after winning gold medal in women's 500-meter speedskating.
The French judge, Marie-Reine Le Gougne, cast the deciding vote that gave Russian skaters Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Kikharulidze the gold medal over Canadians Jamie Sale and David Pelletier despite a clear technical error by the Russians.
Le Gougne is under orders from the International Skating Union not to say anything.
www.digitaljournal.com /news/?articleID=2463   (525 words)

  
 Saskatchewan Blue Cross - Catriona LeMay Doan Bio (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Catriona has broken the 500m world record eight times and earlier in the 2002 season she set the world record at 37.22 seconds.
Catriona retired from competitive speed skating on May 22, 2003, but her retirement hasn't slowed her down.
Catriona is also a liaison at the Olympic Oval in Calgary, and involved in the 2010 Winter Games in Whistler.
www.sk.bluecross.ca.cob-web.org:8888 /spokesperson/bio.html   (633 words)

  
 Ontario Speed Skating Oval
TORONTO, ON (January 27, 2006) – Two-time Olympic Speed Skating Champion Catriona Le May Doan was on hand as members of the Ontario Speed Skating Oval (OSSO) Project and MPP Jeffrey Leal today introduced she has signed on as Honourary Capital Campaign Chairperson for the OSSO.
In pledging her support of the project, Le May Doan will assist in raising additional funds necessary to see the Lakefield, Ontario Oval Project move onto its construction phase.
Known as the fastest woman on ice, Catriona Le May Doan won two Gold Medals and one Bronze Medal in long track speed skating at the Olympics in Salt Lake City and Nagano.
www.ontariospeedskatingoval.com /news/news-2006-01-27-01.html   (634 words)

  
 Doan's diary
20, 2006 10:52 PM Shane Doan isn't the first member of his extended family to participate in the Winter Olympics.
The Coyotes forward's cousin, Catriona Le May Doan, was an Olympic gold medal winner in speedskating in the 1998 and 2002 Games.
Doan, who's playing for the 2-2 Canadian men's hockey team, shares his thoughts on his Olympic experience:
www.azcentral.com /sports/special7/articles/0221olydiary.html   (264 words)

  
 Canadian Olympic Committee
A panel of sports reporters selected LeMay Doan, two-time Olympic gold medallist in speed skating, as the winner of the prestigious award over close contender Steve Nash of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks in a second-round ballot.
LeMay Doan became the first Canadian to ever defend his or her Olympic title in an individual event when she won the 500-metre event at the Salt Lake City Games, repeating her Olympic victory in 1988 in Nagano, Japan.
Le May Doan was also Canada’s flag bearer in Salt Lake.
www.olympic.ca /EN/organization/news/2002/1219.shtml   (173 words)

  
 Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association of Canada -= Spokesperson =-   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Catriona is actively involved in her community and charity associations including The Saskatoon Foundation Catriona Le May Doan Endowment for Children and Youth.
Catriona has received two Honorary Degrees from the University of Calgary and the University of Saskatchewan and gave the convocation speech to their graduating classes.
Catriona lives in Calgary with her husband Bart.
www.sbhac.ca /index.php?page=spokesperson   (427 words)

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