# Pascal Dion

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{{Short description|Canadian short-track speed skater (born 1994)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox speed skater
| name          = Pascal Dion
| image         = 
| nationality   = Canadian
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1994|8|8}}
| birth_place   = [Montreal](/source/Montreal), [Quebec](/source/Quebec)
| height 	    = 1.72 m
| weight        = 69 kg
| country       = Canada
| sport         = [Short track speed skating](/source/Short_track_speed_skating)
| club          = 
|medaltemplates=
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [short track speed skating](/source/short_track_speed_skating)}}
{{Medal|Country|{{CAN}}}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalGold|[2022 Beijing](/source/2022_Winter_Olympics)|[5000 m relay](/source/Short_track_speed_skating_at_the_2022_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_5000_metre_relay)}}
{{MedalBronze|[2018 Pyeongchang](/source/2018_Winter_Olympics)|[5000 m relay](/source/Short_track_speed_skating_at_the_2018_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_5000_metre_relay)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Championships](/source/World_Short_Track_Speed_Skating_Championships)}}
{{MedalSilver|[2022 Montreal](/source/2022_World_Short_Track_Speed_Skating_Championships)|Overall}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Montreal|1500 m}}
{{MedalSilver|[2018 Montreal](/source/2018_World_Short_Track_Speed_Skating_Championships)|5000 m relay}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Montreal|5000 m relay}}
{{MedalBronze|[2023 Seoul](/source/2023_World_Short_Track_Speed_Skating_Championships)|1500 m}}
}}
'''Pascal Dion''' (born December 22, 1994) is a Canadian former [short-track speed skater](/source/Short_track_speed_skating) and Olympic gold medalist.<ref name=a>{{cite web |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/pascal-dion/ |title=Pascal Dion|website=olympic.ca/ |date=August 30, 2017 |publisher=[Canadian Olympic Committee](/source/Canadian_Olympic_Committee) |access-date=November 26, 2017}}</ref><ref name=b>{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/article-two-time-olympic-medallist-pascal-dion-retires-from-canadas-short/ |title=Two-time Olympic medallist Pascal Dion retires from Canada's short-track speedskating team|newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=June 19, 2024 |access-date=June 21, 2024}}</ref>

==Career==
===2015===
Dion competed at the [2015 Winter Universiade](/source/2015_Winter_Universiade) in [Granada](/source/Granada), Spain, where he finished in fourth place in the 1,500 m event.<ref name=a/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedskating.ca/news-and-info/news/the-canadian-womens-relay-collects-bronze-to-conclude-the-short-track-speed-skating-competition-at-the-2015-winter-universiade-in-spain|title=The Canadian women's relay collects bronze to conclude the short track speed skating competition at the 2015 Winter Universiade in Spain|date=February 13, 2016|website=oua.ca/|publisher=[Speed Skating Canada](/source/Speed_Skating_Canada)|access-date=November 26, 2016|archive-date=October 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025081432/https://speedskating.ca/news-and-info/news/the-canadian-womens-relay-collects-bronze-to-conclude-the-short-track-speed-skating-competition-at-the-2015-winter-universiade-in-spain|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===2016===
As part of the [2015–16 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_ISU_Short_Track_Speed_Skating_World_Cup), Dion won his first medal as part of the 5,000 m relay team.

===2017===
Dion was named to [Canada's](/source/Canada_at_the_2018_Winter_Olympics) [2018 Olympic](/source/2018_Winter_Olympics) team in August 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://olympic.ca/2017/08/30/10-short-track-speed-skaters-nominated-to-team-canada-for-pyeongchang-2018/|title=10 short track speed skaters nominated to Team Canada for PyeongChang 2018|last= Nichols|first=Paula|date=August 30, 2017|website=olympic.ca/|publisher=[Canadian Olympic Committee](/source/Canadian_Olympic_Committee) |access-date=November 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/three-time-olympic-gold-medallist-hamelin-lead-canadas-2018-short-track-team/|title=Gold medallist Hamelin to lead Canada's 2018 short-track team|date=August 30, 2017|website=sportsnet.ca/|publisher=[Sportsnet](/source/Sportsnet) |access-date=November 16, 2017}}</ref> This marked his Olympic debut. Dion would win the bronze medal as part of the 5000 m relay team.

===2022===
On January 17, 2022, Dion was named to [Canada's 2022 Olympic team](/source/Canada_at_the_2022_Winter_Olympics).<ref>{{cite web|last=Nichols|first=Paula|url=https://olympic.ca/2022/01/18/ten-short-track-speed-skaters-nominated-to-team-canada-for-beijing-2022/|website=olympic.ca|title=Ten short track speed skaters nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022|publisher=[Canadian Olympic Committee](/source/Canadian_Olympic_Committee)|date=January 18, 2022|accessdate=January 18, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Barnes|first=Dan|date=January 18, 2022|title=Plenty of medal potential on Canada's short track speed skating team headed for Beijing|url=https://torontosun.com/sports/olympics/plenty-of-medal-potential-on-canadas-short-track-speed-skating-team-headed-for-beijing|newspaper=[Toronto Sun](/source/Toronto_Sun)|location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada|access-date=January 18, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/speed-skating/canada-short-track-team-speed-skating-beijng-olympics-1.6319095|title=3 speed skating veterans lead inexperienced Canadian Olympic short track team|date=January 18, 2022|website=cbc.ca/|publisher=[CBC Sports](/source/CBC_Sports)|access-date=January 18, 2022}}</ref> Dion won a gold medal as part of Canada's team in the [5000&nbsp;m relay](/source/Short_track_speed_skating_at_the_2022_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_5000_metre_relay) event.<ref>{{cite web|last=Nichols|first=Paula|url=https://olympic.ca/2022/02/16/gold-for-canada-in-mens-5000m-short-track-relay-is-6th-olympic-medal-of-hamelins-career/|website=olympic.ca|title=Gold for Canada in men's 5000m short track relay is 6th Olympic medal of Hamelin's career|publisher=[Canadian Olympic Committee](/source/Canadian_Olympic_Committee)|date=February 16, 2022|accessdate=February 16, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/article/canada-wins-olympic-short-track-relay-gold-hamelin-ties-record/|title=Canada wins Olympic short-track relay gold, Hamelin ties record|date=February 16, 2022|website=sportsnet.ca|publisher=[Sportsnet](/source/Sportsnet)|access-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=D'Andrea|first=Aaron|date=February 16, 2022|title=Canada wins gold in men's 5,000 m speed skating relay at Beijing Olympics|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8623726/canada-gold-speed-skating-relay-beijing-olympics/|work=[Global News](/source/Global_News)|location=Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada|access-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Harrison|first=Doug|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/short-track-speed-skating/olympics-short-track-speed-skating-canada-beijng-olympics-day-12-1.6347895|title=Charles Hamelin strikes short-track gold in final Olympic race|date=February 16, 2022|website=cbc.ca/|publisher=[CBC Sports](/source/CBC_Sports)|access-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref> Later in the season, Dion would win his first individual [World Championships](/source/World_Short_Track_Speed_Skating_Championships) medal, a silver in the 1500 m.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/short-track-speed-skating/short-track-worlds-2022-recap-april-9-1.6414608|title=Boutin, Dion claim 1,500m silver at short track worlds in Montreal|date=April 9, 2022|website=cbc.ca/|publisher=[CBC Sports](/source/CBC_Sports)|access-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref>

===2024===
Dion announced his retirement in June 2024.<ref name=b/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{ISU short track skater|new_id=pascal-dion|old_id=1458627}}
* {{Sports links}}
* {{Instagram}}

{{Footer Olympic Champions 5000m Relay Short Track Speed Skating Mens}}

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Category:1994 births
Category:Living people
Category:Speed skaters from Montreal
Category:Short-track speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Short-track speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Canadian male short-track speed skaters
Category:Olympic short-track speed skaters for Canada
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Canada
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
Category:Olympic medalists in short-track speed skating
Category:Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists
Category:Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade
Category:Four Continents Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists
Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen

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