Ivanie Blondin

Ivanie Blondin (born April 2, 1990) is a Canadian speed skater. She primarily skates in the long distances of 3000 m and 5000 m and the mass start event. Blondin won a silver medal in the mass start event at the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships and again at the 2025 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships

Career She began her career competing in short track speed skating while a youth in the Gloucester Concordes skating club. She competed there with fellow Olympian Vincent De Haître, to whom she feels like an older sister. After Blondin failed to qualify in short track for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver she nearly quit sport. Mike Rivet, her coach in Gloucester, convinced her to switch to long track. Reflecting on this decision, she said, "I was ready to quit skating because I was just so discouraged and disappointed with it. I think (the switch) was the best decision I could have ever made." She competed in the 3000 m, 5000 m, mass start, and team relay events.

In 2020, she won the mass start event gold medal at the 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships at the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City, United States. This was followed up with the silver medal at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships in March. She was the first Canadian woman to reach the overall podium at that event since 2012 and the fifth since the event started in 1936.

2022 Winter Olympics In January 2022, Blondin was named to her third Olympic team. Blondin won the gold medal as part of the team pursuit event.

Blondin competed in the mass start event at the Olympics, winning her semifinal to go on to the final. In the last lap of the final, Blondin was following behind Irene Schouten; over the last turn, Blondin led, but Schouten pushed passed her to edge her out for the gold. Blondin won her second silver medal of these games. After the race, she spoke with CBC Sports: "These races, the mass start, it fires me up. I'm a little bit of a fighter, and I'm very competitive, so the fact that girls were pushing me and there was a lot of jostling and pushing and shoving around just fires me up and kinda gets me going."

2026 Winter Olympics On February 17, 2026, Blouin won gold in the women's team pursuit event at the 2026 Winter Olympics alongside teammates Valérie Maltais and Isabelle Weidemann with a time of 2:55.80.

Personal life Blondin started skating in her backyard at the age of 2. She initially was in figure skating, but seeing herself as a tomboy, she was more inclined to speed skate and took that up at age seven instead. Blondin said she loved the feeling of speed on her skates, which is why she chose the sport over cross-country skiing. she completed a Veterinary Assistant program at Robertson College online and has a pet parrot named Gizmo and a St. Bernard-Pyrenees cross named Brooks.

Personal records

She is currently in 6th position in the adelskalender.