Hayden Mayeur

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Hayden Mayeur
Personal information
Born (1997-09-12) September 12, 1997 (age 28)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sport
Country Canada
Sport Speed skating
Medal record
Men's Speed skating
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
World Single Distances Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Heerenveen Team pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Calgary Team pursuit
Four Continents Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Milwaukee Team pursuit
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Calgary Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 CalgaryMass start
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Salt Lake City Team pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Hachinohe Mass start
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2025 HachinoheTeam pursuit

Hayden Mayeur (born September 12, 1997) is a Canadian speed skater.

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Career

January 2024: Hayden competed at the 2024 Four Continents Speed Skating Championships and won a silver medal in the team pursuit. [1] The next month, he competed at the 2024 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships and won a bronze medal in the team pursuit, with a time of 3:36.72. [2] In November 2024, he competed at the 2025 Four Continents Speed Skating Championships and won bronze medals in the mass start and team pursuit events. [3] [4]

March 2023: Hayden competed at the 2023 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships and won a bronze medal in the team pursuit, with a time of 3:38.43. [5] [6] He was named the Community Champion of the Year by Speed Skating Canada for the 2022–23 season. [7]

December 2022: alongside Connor Howe and Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu, they won a Silver medal in team pursuit with a time of 3:36.48 at the 2022–23 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 3.

December 2021: Hayden competed at the 2022 Four Continents Speed Skating Championships and won a gold medal in the tteam pursuit and a silver medal in the mass start. [8] In January 2022, he was selected as an alternate to represent Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics. [9]

Over the seasons, Hayden became a Mass Start specialist and showed consistency over the years. He reached his first podium (3rd with Bronze) at the 2018-2019 Senior Canadian Championships. From then on, he medaled most seasons. He won his 1st Canadian title in 2019-2020, (3rd (Bronze) in 2021-2022, 2nd (Silver) in 2022-2023 and 2023-2024. In 2024-2025, he won his 2nd Canadian Title. In 2025-2026, he finished a close 5th, which unfortunately took him out of the race for a Mass Start spot for the 2026 Winter Olympics.


Hayden made his first international appearance in 2018 at the Neo Senior World Cup. He reached the podium and won Bronze in the Mass Start in Poland. He doubled down in 2019, winning his first International Mass Start race in Heerenveen, Netherlands.

Personal life

In April 2021, Mayeur opened the Hayloft Cafe, a 1978 Citroën 2CV truckette converted into a mobile cafe in Calgary. [10] [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Four more medals for Canada on final day of the ISU Four Continents Speed Skating Championships". speedskating.ca. January 21, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Laurent Dubreuil, Canadian Pursuit Teams reach World Championship podium in Calgary". speedskating.ca. February 16, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Mass Start gold, silver and bronze concludes successful Four Continents Championships for Canada". speedskating.ca. November 17, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
  4. ↑ Charlebois, Michael (November 17, 2024). "Blondin leads medal haul on final day of Four Continents Championship". olympic.ca. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Weidemann, Blondin and Maltais capture Team Pursuit title at World Championships in the Netherlands". speedskating.ca. March 3, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
  6. ↑ Nichols, Paula (March 3, 2023). "Gold medal for women's team pursuit highlights seven medals haul at speed skating worlds". olympic.ca. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Speed Skating Canada unveils full list of annual award winners from 2022-23 season". speedskating.ca. December 4, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Canada's men win gold to cap off successful Four Continents Championships". sirc.ca. December 19, 2021. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
  9. ↑ "16 Team Canada athletes nominated to compete in long track speed skating at Beijing 2022". speedskating.ca. January 24, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
  10. ↑ Moore, Sarah (July 15, 2021). "National team speed skater sells coffee in Calgary out of antique Citroën truckette". CBC News . Retrieved March 17, 2025.
  11. ↑ Mayeur, Hayden (October 31, 2021). "Make that 2 espressos and a podium to go". CBC News . Retrieved March 17, 2025.
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