Editing Catriona Le May Doan (section)

===Speed skating===
Born in [[Saskatoon]], [[Saskatchewan]], of [[Scotland|Scottish]] ancestry, Le May Doan won the [[List of Olympic medalists in speed skating#W500|Olympic 500&nbsp;m title]] at the [[1998 Winter Olympics]] in [[Nagano, Nagano|Nagano]], [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference}}</ref> She repeated the feat at the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] in [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], giving rise to the title "the fastest woman on ice".<ref name='Global News'>{{cite news |title=Le May Doan named chef de mission for 2022 Beijing winter Olympics |date=2020-11-17 |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7468008/catriona-le-may-doan-chef-de-mission-team-canada-beijing-winter-olympics/ |access-date=2024-06-26 }}</ref> At the Nagano Olympics, she also won a bronze in the 1,000 m. She was World Sprint Champion 1998 and 2002 and World Champion 500 m 1998, 1999, and 2001, and won a 500 m bronze in 2000. She also won the 500&nbsp;m World Cup 4 times (in 1998, 1999, 2001, and 2003) and the 1,000 m World Cup once (in 1998).{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}} She was [[List of flag bearers for Canada at the Olympics|Canada's flag bearer at the Winter Olympics]] twice, for the [[1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Nagano Olympics]] closing ceremony and the opening ceremony of the [[2002 Winter Olympics opening ceremony|2002 Salt Lake City Olympics]].

On November 22, 1997, Le May Doan became the first woman to break the 38-second barrier for the 500 m, skating 37.90 [[second|s]] in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}} Before the year was over, she had tied the record once and broken it twice, ending on 37.55 s. Within the next four years, she broke this record four more times, up to 37.22 s in Calgary, in December 2001. Between 7 January 2001 and 24 February 2001, Le May Doan was the only woman under the 38-second barrier, achieving it 14 times, including the eight times that she lowered the overall record.
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* 1. Catriona Le May-Doan CAN 37,40 1 [[Olympic Oval|Calgary]] 06-01-2001
* 2. Catriona Le May-Doan CAN 37,55 1 Calgary 28-12-1997
* 3. Catriona Le May-Doan CAN 37,57 1 Calgary 07-01-2001
* 4. Catriona Le May-Doan CAN 37,71 1 Calgary 27-03-1998
* 5. Catriona Le May-Doan CAN 37,71 1 Calgary 27-12-1997
* 6. Catriona Le May-Doan CAN 37,86 1 Calgary 21-02-1999
* 7. Catriona Le May-Doan CAN 37,88 1 Calgary 27-03-1998
* 8. Catriona Le May-Doan CAN 37,89 1 Calgary 20-02-1999
* 9. Catriona Le May-Doan CAN 37,90 1 Calgary 22-11-1997
*10. Catriona Le May-Doan CAN 37,90 1 Calgary 23-11-1997
*11. Catriona Le May-Doan CAN 37,90 1 Calgary 29-11-1998
*12. Catriona Le May-Doan CAN 37,94 1 Calgary 18-11-2000
*13. Catriona Le May-Doan CAN 37,97 1 Calgary 12-01-2000
*14. Catriona Le May-Doan CAN 37,98 1 Calgary 13-02-1999

In the [[1994 Winter Olympics]], Le May Doan fell on the 500 m and placed 17th on the 1,500 m. Prior to Nagano, she was training with her teammate and rival [[Susan Auch]], both being coached by Susan's brother, Derrick Auch. In 1998, Susan Auch placed second behind Le May Doan on the 500 m. Leading up to the 2002 Salt Lake City Games, Le May Doan was coached by Sean Ireland.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/chasing-the-fastest-woman-in-world/article22401833/ |title=Chasing the fastest woman in world |first=James |last=Christie |date=2001-12-31 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref>

Le May Doan repeated her gold medal in the 500m at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. She became the first Canadian to defend their gold medal at the Olympics.<ref>{{cite news|work= Huffington Post|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/02/10/alexandre-bilodeau-mikael-kingsbury_n_4760586.html |title= Alexandre Bilodeau Wins Gold, Mikael Kingsbury Silver In Olympic Moguls At Sochi|date=February 10, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/08/10/catriona-le-may-doan-emerging-as-olympic-broadcasting-star|title=Catriona Le May Doan emerging as Olympic broadcasting star|newspaper=National Post|date=August 10, 2012|author=Eric Koreen|access-date=February 10, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140210202830/http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/08/10/catriona-le-may-doan-emerging-as-olympic-broadcasting-star/|archive-date=February 10, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>