Calgary, Olympic Oval, 18 February 1988: Gaetan BOUCHER, 5th, in action in the 1000m speed skating event. Credit: IOC Olympic Museum CollectionsBorn: 10 May 1958
Birthplace: Charlesbourg (Canada)
Nationality: Canada
Sport: Skating
ATTENDANCE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES
Innsbruck 1976
Lake Placid 1980
Sarajevo 1984
Calgary 1988
AWARDS
Olympic medals:
Gold: 2
Silver: 1
Bronze: 1
Other results:
World Championships
Gold: 7 (77, 79, 80, 81, 82)
Silver: 8 (76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 85)
Golden Gaetan
A 25-year-old marketing student from St. Robert, Quebec, Gaétan Boucher had already won a silver medal at 1,000m in 1980 when he entered three events at the 1984 Sarajevo Games.
He earned a bronze medal in the 500m and then beat Sergei Khlebnikov by 83 hundredths of a second at 1,000m to gain his first gold medal.
Two days later, Boucher won a second gold medal in the 1,500m, this time bettering Khlebnikov's time by only 47 hundredths of a second.
