This article is about the speed skater. For the Major League Baseball pitcher, see Érik Bédard.

Éric Bédard (born December 17, 1976, in Sainte-Thècle, Quebec) is a Canadian short track speed skater who has won 4 Olympic medals (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze). He participated in three individual events at the 2006 Winter Olympics and finished fourth in the 500 meters. He also led a team into the 5000 meter relay, winning the silver medal. He has been a longtime member of Canada's short track team and has won four medals in three Olympic games: bronze in the 1,000 meters in Nagano, and two golds and a silver in the 5,000 meter relay. He has also had a lot of success at the World Championships, capturing 10 medals, including three golds (5,000 m relay in 2005 and 1998 and 500 m in 2000).

Bédard was national squad coach of Germany from 2008 until 2010.[1] From 2010 until 2014 he coached the Italy national team.[2] From 2018-2020 Bédard coached the Canadian national team. [3] Since 2020, Bédard has worked for Nagano Skate. [4]

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  1. ^ http://shorttrack.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/wie-eric-bedard-ein-%C2%BBitaliener%C2%AB-wurde/ Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine Bedard changes to Italy on German Shorttrack Newssite
  2. ^ https://olympic.ca/team-canada/eric-bedard/ Canadian Olympic Team Official Website
  3. ^ "Ex-Olympian Bedard named coach of Canadian men's short-track team".
  4. ^ "About Us".

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