Jordan Belchos

Jordan Belchos (born June 22, 1989) is a Canadian speed skater. He primarily skates in the long distances of 1500 m, 5000 m and 10 000 m,[1] as well as the mass start event. He won medals at the World Cup level and finished third at the 2012–13 ISU Speed Skating Mass Start World Cup.

Jordan Belchos
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1989-06-22) June 22, 1989
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportSpeed skating
Event(s)Mass start
ClubMarkham Speed Skating Club
Medal record
Speed skating
World Single Distances Championships
Silver medal – second place2015 HeerenveenTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2020 Salt Lake CityMass start
Silver medal – second place2021 HeerenveenTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2016 KolomnaTeam pursuit
Four Continents Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 Quebec5000 m
Inline speed skating
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place2015 Toronto10,000 m points race

Career

2015 Pan American Games

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, Belchos won a bronze medal in inline speed skating.

2018 Winter Olympics

Belchos qualified to compete for Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2][3][4]

References
  1. Adler, Mike (July 13, 2015). "Jordan Belchos seizes his moment to capture Canada's only medal in roller sports speed skating | InsideToronto.com". InsideToronto.com. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  2. Harrison, Doug (January 10, 2018). "Ted-Jan Bloemen, Ivanie Blondin front Canada's Olympic long track team". cbc.ca/sports/. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  3. Spencer, Donna (January 10, 2018). "Speed skater Denny Morrison and 'guardian angel' wife both headed to Olympics". Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Canadian Press. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  4. "Canadian long track speed skating team named for PyeongChang 2018". speedskating.ca/. Speed Skating Canada. January 10, 2018. Archived from the original on January 11, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
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