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Born | Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada | December 22, 1994
Height | 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) |
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Country | Canada |
Sport | Short track speed skating |
Medal record |
Jamie Macdonald (born December 22, 1994) is a Canadian short track speed skater. [1] and has been a member of the senior national team since 2015 [2]
Macdonald competed at the 2013 Winter Universiade in Trentino, Italy. [1] [3]
Macdonald competed at the 2015 Winter Universiade in Granada, Spain, where she won a bronze medal as part of the 3,000 metres relay. [1] [4]
As part of the 2015–16 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup, Macdonald won her first ever World Cup medal, a silver in the 1000 m event in Dordrecht, Netherlands. [1] Macdonald followed this up with a silver in the 500 m event in Calgary, Alberta as part of the 2016–17 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup.
Macdonald won a bronze medal in the 500 m event as part of the Dresden World Cup. [1] Macdonald was named to Canada's 2018 Olympic team in August 2017. This will mark her Olympic debut. [5] [6]
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