Additional Information
Highlights
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
|---|
| Olympic Winter Games |
| 1 | 5000 m Relay | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN |
| 4 | 1500 m | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN |
| 9 | 500 m | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN |
| World Championships |
| 1 | 5000 m Relay | 2013 | Debrecen, HUN |
| 1 | 500 m | 2012 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 1 | 5000 m Relay | 2012 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 1 | 5000 m Relay | 2011 | Sheffield, GBR |
| 2 | 500 m | 2011 | Sheffield, GBR |
| 2 | 5000 m Relay | 2007 | Milan, ITA |
| 3 | Individual Final Classification | 2012 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 3 | 500 m | 2009 | Vienna, AUT |
| 5 | 1500 m | 2012 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 6 | Individual Final Classification | 2011 | Sheffield, GBR |
| 7 | 1000 m | 2011 | Sheffield, GBR |
| 10 | 1500 m | 2011 | Sheffield, GBR |
| 13 | 500 m | 2013 | Debrecen, HUN |
| 17 | 1500 m | 2013 | Debrecen, HUN |
| 22 | Individual Final Classification | 2013 | Debrecen, HUN |
| 22 | 1000 m | 2012 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 41 | 1000 m | 2013 | Debrecen, HUN |
| World Team Championships |
| 1 | Team | 2007 | Budapest, HUN |
| 2 | Team | 2010 | Bormio, ITA |
| 2 | Team | 2009 | Heerenveen, NED |
| 3 | Team | 2011 | Warsaw, POL |
| World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons |
| Season | 500m | 1000m | 1500m |
|---|
| 2013/2014 | 5 | 6 | - |
| 2012/2013 | 13 | 9 | - |
| 2011/2012 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
| 2010/2011 | 31 | 27 | 20 |
| Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011 |
| Season | 500m | 1000m | 1500m | Relay |
|---|
| 2013/2014 | 1 x 3rd | 2 x 4th | - | 2 x 1st |
| 2012/2013 | 1 x 3rd | 1 x 2nd | - | 1 x 3rd |
| 2011/2012 | 4 x 1st | 2 x 2nd | 1 x 5th | 1 x 1st |
| 2010/2011 | 1 x 5th | 1 x 8th | 1 x 3rd | 1 x 1st |
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
|---|
| Ten best World Cup performances in current season |
| 1 | 5000 m Relay | 2013/2014 | Torino, ITA |
| 1 | 5000 m Relay | 2013/2014 | Seoul, KOR |
| 3 | 500 m | 2013/2014 | Torino, ITA |
| 3 | 5000 m Relay | 2013/2014 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 4 | 500 m | 2013/2014 | Kolomna, RUS |
| 4 | 1000 m | 2013/2014 | Torino, ITA |
| 4 | 1000 m | 2013/2014 | Seoul, KOR |
| 5 | 5000 m Relay | 2013/2014 | Kolomna, RUS |
| 19 | 1000 m | 2013/2014 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 33 | 500 m | 2013/2014 | Seoul, KOR |
LegendDNS-Did not start, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified
- Nickname: Jamaicanadian [because of his affinity for Jamaican music and culture]. (NOC Media Guide, 2014)
- Occupation: Athlete, Student
- Languages Spoken: English, French
- Other Sports: He has competed in inline skating, and won the Canadian inline sprint championships in 2006. (Speed Skating Canada, 01 May 2009)
- Injuries: He suffered a concussion in November 2012 when he fell during a World Cup event in Nagoya, Japan. (cbc.ca, 05 Dec 2012)
He suffered a serious training injury in 2007 when skates sliced through his protective guard and severed a tendon in his ankle. He required surgery and did not return to competitive skating until the World Cup team trials in September 2008. (canada.com, 18 Sep 2008)
- Hobbies: Listening to reggae music, fishing. (NOC Media Guide, 2014; speedskating.ca, 20 Jan 2012)
- Education: Human Movement Studies, Physical Education - University of Quebec-Montreal, Canada
- Coach: Derrick Campbell, CAN; Laurent Daignault, CAN (NOC Media Guide, 2014)
- Debut: 2006 for Canada (Athlete, 22 Nov 2013)
- Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010
Additional Information
Start of sporting careerHe began the sport at age five on a river in front of his parents' house. (Athlete, 22 Nov 2013)
Reason for taking up this sportHis parents wanted him to find a sport that would use up his energy. (Athlete, 22 Nov 2013)
Most memorable sporting achievementWinning gold medals at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, the 2012 World Championships in Shanghai, China, and the 2012 World Cup event in Moscow, Russia. (Athlete, 22 Nov 2013)
HeroCanadian speed skater Gaetan Boucher. (Athlete, 22 Nov 2013)
Most influential person in careerCoaches Derrick Campbell and Pierre Beauchamp. (Athlete, 22 Nov 2013)
Sporting philosophy / motto"I am just a guy wearing spandex that turns left really fast." (ONS, 05 Feb 2014)
AwardsHe was named Speed Skating Canada's Male Short Track Skater of the Year in 2012. (speedskating.ca, 10 Oct 2012)
He received Speed Skating Canada's 2007 Rising Star Award for short track. (Speed Skating Canada, 01 May 2009)
GeneralSABOTAGED
He was the target of sabotage at the 2011 World Team Championships in Warsaw, Poland. During the first lap of the 5000m relay, he realised that one of his blades was broken. US skater Simon Cho later admitted to tampering with Jean's skate, as the two teams shared a locker room at the event. "You never want to think that this could happen. We all like to think we have the cleanest possible sport, sure it's disappointing to find out my doubts were founded, but you can't erase the past," Jean said. (theglobeandmail.com, 21 Sep 2012)
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