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Hayden Mayeur

Canada

SportSpeed Skating
FederationIDSSCAN11209199701
NOCCanada
Born12 Sep 1997 in  Toronto
GenderMen
ResidenceCalgary, AB, CAN
Higher educationInternational Relations - University of Calgary: Canada
OccupationAthlete, Business Owner
LanguagesEnglish
Personal Bests
EventRecordDateLocation 
Personal Bests
  Event RecordDateLocation 
    500m 35.52 22 Sep 2023 Calgary  
    1000m 1:09.70 30 Dec 2023 Calgary  
    1500m 1:45.87 11 Mar 2022 Calgary  
    5000m 6:26.01 15 Mar 2019 Calgary  
    10000m 13:53.64 07 Jan 2019 Calgary  
Main Achievements
 
Main Achievements
World Single Distances Championships
Event  
World Single Distances Championships
    Team Pursuit 8 Laps   1 1  
General Interest
General Interest
Other sportsHe has competed in short track at junior national level. He also competed in cycling at junior regional level. (haydenmayeur.ca, 24 Nov 2019)  
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
Reason for choosing this sportHe joined the Learn To Speed Skate programme to start with short track. He then switched to long track speed skating to better use his strength. "With an endurance as high as mine, I did not feel my strengths were properly being taken advantage of in short track. My regular performances in practice as well as in the fitness testing lab were not translating into race results. I decided to make the jump to long track."  
General Interest
General Interest
AmbitionsTo compete at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina. (ontariospeedskating.ca, 25 Nov 2022)  
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
Name of coachBart Schouten [national], NED  
When and where did you begin this sport?He took up speed skating in 2012 in Toronto, ON, Canada. He switched from short track to long track in 2016.  
Social Media
Social Media
www.facebook.com/hayden.mayeur  
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
Training RegimeHe trains up to seven hours a day, five days a week.  
General Interest
General Interest
Other informationOTHER ACTIVITIES
In 2023 he founded a charity event called Skate4Kids, which held its first event at the Calgary Olympic Oval in Canada. "To give you a bit of a background as to how I got here, I landed back in Calgary in March [2023] following my most successful season to date. It was all fantastic until I found myself falling into a bit of a hole mentally in the off-season. Through working closely with a couple of our team's sports psychs, I went over a number of my personal values and found that giving back to the community that inspires me to be the best I can be while wearing the maple leaf on my chest is something I care about deeply. This event has been a thought on my mind for a number of years now, but I decided it was time to finally take the next steps towards making it a reality." (Speed Skating Alberta Facebook page, 14 Aug 2023; Calgary Flames Alumni Instagram profile, 14 Aug 2023; calgarysun.com, 07 Aug 2023; skate4kids.ca, 01 Jul 2023; Instagram profile, 24 Jun 2023)

BUSINESS OWNER
He owns Hayloft Cafe, a mobile espresso bar in Calgary, AB, Canada. "Being a national team speed skater, I don't have time to sit on the side of the street and wait for people to come and get coffee. I'm in full control of the hours of operation of the truck, and it allows me to work when I can work." (Hayloft Cafe Instagram profile, 24 Jul 2023; LinkedIn profile, 10 Jul 2023; ontariospeedskating.ca, 25 Nov 2022; globalnews.ca, 05 Jan 2022; cbc.ca, 16 Jul 2021)
 
Championships results
Year Competition Event Rank  
Championships results
    2019/2020 Four Continents Championships Team Pursuit 8 Laps1  
    2021/2022 Four Continents Championships Team Pursuit1  
    2021/2022 Four Continents Championships Mass Start2  
    2022/2023 World Single Distances Championships Team Pursuit2  
    2023/2024 Four Continents Championships Team Pursuit2  
    2023/2024 World Single Distances Championships Team Pursuit3  
    2022/2023 World Single Distances Championships Mass Start17  
World Cups
Year Competition Event Rank  
World Cups
    2022/2023 Calgary, AB Mass Start3  
    2022/2023 World Cup Classification Mass Start16  
    2022/2023 World Cup Classification 1500m51