Arnaud Gaudet (born August 10, 2000) is a Canadian snowboarder who competes internationally in the alpine snowboard discipline.[1][2]

Arnaud Gaudet
Personal information
Born (2000-08-10) August 10, 2000 (age 24)
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec Canada
Sport
CountryCanada
SportSnowboarding
Event(s)Parallel giant slalom, Parallel slalom
Medal record
Men's snowboarding
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Bakuriani Parallel slalom
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Lachtal Parallel Giant Slalom

Career

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At the 2020 FIS Snowboarding Junior World Championships, Gaudet won bronze in the parallel giant slalom event.[3]

Gaudet has competed at two Senior World Championships in 2019 and 2021, with his best performance (17th place) coming in 2019 in the parallel slalom event.[2]

During the 2021-22 World Cup Season, Gaudet had a seventh-place finish in January 2022 in the parallel slalom event.[4] Later that month, Gaudet was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team in the parallel giant slalom event.[5][6][7] Gaudet was the youngest ever snowboarder named to Canada's Alpine Olympic snowboard team.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Arnaud Gaudet". www.canadasnowboard.ca. Snowboard Canada. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Arnaud Gaudet". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  3. ^ "Kaylie Buck Earns the First Ever Women's Alpine Medal for Canada at a World Junior Championships and Arnaud Gaudet Bring's Home Bronze in PGS in Lachtal, Austria". www.canadasnowboard.ca. Snowboard Canada. December 21, 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  4. ^ "Du succès pour Arnaud Gaudet au slalom en parallèle" [Success for Arnaud Gaudet in parallel slalom] (in French). Montreal, Quebec, Canada: La Presse. January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  5. ^ Nichols, Paula (January 19, 2022). "19 snowboarders nominated to Team Canada for Beijing 2022". www.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  6. ^ Dichter, Myles (January 19, 2022). "'Strongest team in all of snowboarding': Canadian squad named for Beijing Olympics". www.cbc.ca. CBC Sports. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  7. ^ "Toutant, McMorris, Parrot, Blouin return as Canada's Olympic snowboard team announced". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. January 19, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  8. ^ Robert, Luc (January 25, 2022). ""J'entends ne pas me faire impressionner par les meilleurs" -Arnaud Gaudet" ["I intend not to be impressed by the best" -Arnaud Gaudet]. Journal Le Nord (in French). Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
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