Lucas Makowsky
 Makowsky in Calgary (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | May 30, 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lucas Makowsky (born May 30, 1987) is a Canadian speed skater. He started speed skating at six and went on to rank 1st in Canada in the 5000 m and 10000 m for the 2008–09 season.[1]
He competed for Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the 1500 m, 5000 m, and team pursuit. On February 27, he won a gold medal in the team pursuit along with Denny Morrison and Mathieu Giroux.[2] He also competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi with Giroux and Morrison, achieving fourth place, losing to Poland in the bronze-medal round.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Profile at Speed Skating Canada Archived 2009-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Celia, Danny (2010-02-27). "Canada wins team pursuit gold". CTV Olympics. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
- ↑ "Lucas Makowsky". olympic.ca. 18 September 2011.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lucas Makowsky". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
External links
[edit]- Lucas Makowsky at the International Skating Union (archived former page)
- Lucas Makowsky at Team Canada
- Lucas Makowsky at Olympics.com
- Lucas Makowsky at Olympedia
- Lucas Makowsky at InterSportStats
Categories:
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Canadian male speed skaters
- Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Olympic speed skaters for Canada
- Olympic medalists in speed skating
- Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Canada
- Canadian people of Ukrainian descent
- Sportspeople from Regina, Saskatchewan
- World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists
- 21st-century Canadian sportsmen