Additional Information
Highlights
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
|---|
| Olympic Winter Games |
| 3 | 3000 m Relay | 2002 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
| 4 | 1000 m | 2002 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
| 6 | 1500 m | 2002 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
| World Championships |
| 2 | 3000 m Relay | 2013 | Debrecen, HUN |
| 3 | 1500 m | 2012 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 3 | 3000 m Relay | 2011 | Sheffield, GBR |
| 3 | 3000 m Relay | 2002 | Montreal, QC, CAN |
| 3 | 1500 m | 2001 | Jeonju, KOR |
| 4 | 3000 m Relay | 2012 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 7 | Individual Final Classification | 2012 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 7 | 1500 m | 2011 | Sheffield, GBR |
| 8 | 500 m | 2012 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 8 | 500 m | 2011 | Sheffield, GBR |
| 9 | Individual Final Classification | 2011 | Sheffield, GBR |
| 11 | 500 m | 2013 | Debrecen, HUN |
| 13 | 1000 m | 2011 | Sheffield, GBR |
| 15 | 1000 m | 2012 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 16 | 1000 m | 2013 | Debrecen, HUN |
| 18 | Individual Final Classification | 2013 | Debrecen, HUN |
| 24 | 1500 m | 2013 | Debrecen, HUN |
| World Team Championships |
| 3 | Team | 2002 | Milwaukee, WI, USA |
| 3 | Team | 2001 | Nobeyama, JPN |
| 4 | Team | 2011 | Warsaw, POL |
| World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons |
| Season | 500m | 1000m | 1500m |
|---|
| 2012/2013 | 73 | 14 | 6 |
| 2011/2012 | - | 11 | 7 |
| 2010/2011 | 39 | 6 | 4 |
| Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011 |
| Season | 500m | 1000m | 1500m | Relay |
|---|
| 2013/2014 | - | - | - | 1 x 4th |
| 2012/2013 | 1 x 27th | 1 x 2nd | 1 x 3rd | 3 x 2nd |
| 2011/2012 | - | 1 x 2nd | 3 x 5th | 1 x 2nd |
| 2010/2011 | 1 x 12th | 1 x 2nd | 1 x 2nd | 2 x 2nd |
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
|---|
| Ten best World Cup performances in current season |
| 4 | 3000 m Relay | 2013/2014 | Kolomna, RUS |
LegendDNS-Did not start, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified
- Hobbies: Sailing, juggling, snowshoeing, ice fishing, hiking, camping. (NOC Media Guide, 2014; speedskating.ca, 31 Oct 2011)
- Education: Psychology - University of Montreal, Canada
- Languages Spoken: English, French
- Injuries: She injured her back in a crash in August 2013. (fr.sportcafe.ca, 22 Aug 2013)
She fractured the D12 vertebrae in her back at the 2000 Canadian team trials. (Athlete, 22 Nov 2013)
- Occupation: Athlete, Student
- Family: Husband Corey Crysler
- Coach: Frederic Blackburn, CAN; Jeffrey Scholten, CAN (NOC Media Guide, 2014)
- Previous Olympics: Salt Lake City 2002
Additional Information
Start of sporting careerShe took up speed skating at age six in Chicoutimi, QC, Canada. (Athlete, 22 Nov 2013)
Reason for taking up this sportShe followed her friends into the sport. (Athlete, 22 Nov 2013)
AmbitionsTo compete at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (cbc.ca, 21 Jan 2013)
Most memorable sporting achievementBecoming world junior champion in 2000 and 2001, and finishing fourth in the 1000m at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. (Athlete, 22 Nov 2013)
Most influential person in careerHer husband and her brother. (Athlete, 22 Nov 2013)
Sporting philosophy / motto"Nature is the life." (NOC Media Guide, 2014)
AwardsShe was named Speed Skating Canada's Female Athlete of the Year in 1999, 2000 and 2001. (olympic.ca, 12 May 2013)
GeneralGAP YEARS
She will compete at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, 12 years after her previous Olympic appearance in 2002. This would break the record for number of years between Olympic appearances by a short track skater. (olympic.ca, 12 May 2013; SportsDeskOnline, 13 Nov 2013)
RETIREMENT AND COMEBACK
She retired in 2003 to concentrate on her studies, but returned to the sport in 2008. "To skate again made me realise a lot of things. I had a taste for it again most importantly. I started to get back in shape, as I had wanted to do for some time." (cyberpresse.ca, 07 Dec 2008)
STUDIES
In 2005 she graduated in psychology from the University of Montreal in Quebec, Canada. She then began a course in acupuncture and naturopathy. (Athlete, 22 Nov 2013)
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