Germain Deschamps
France
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSFRA12408200201 | |
| NOC | France | |
| Born | 24 Aug 2002 | |
| Gender | Men |
| Residence | Saint-Malo, FRA | |
| Languages | English, French |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 37.88 | 13 Mar 2022 |  Calgary |
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| 1000m | 1:14.21 | 19 Feb 2022 |  Inzell |
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| 1500m | 1:51.51 | 11 Mar 2022 | Calgary |
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| 5000m | 6:32.50 | 21 Oct 2023 | Inzell |
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| 10000m | 13:49.12 | 19 Mar 2022 | Calgary |
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General Interest
General Interest
| Other sports | He represented France in the road marathon at the 2019 World Roller Games in Barcelona, Spain. (SportsDeskOnline, 07 Nov 2022) | |
| Famous relatives | His cousins Martin Belloir [junior level] and Mathieu Belloir have represented France in speed skating at World Cup events. They have both also competed in roller speed skating at international level. (SportsDeskOnline, 07 Nov 2022; ouest-france.fr, 07 Apr 2022) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | He has enjoyed skating since he was young. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Ambitions | To compete at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina. (ouest-france.fr, 07 Apr 2022) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He began skating at age three. He took up long track speed skating in 2019. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "I can have bad feelings during training but when I arrive at the competition everything comes up and I overcome myself. Actually, my everyday life is a sort of competition which motivates me." (ouest-france.fr, 07 Apr 2022) | |
| Other information | SWITCH TO ICE He took up long track speed skating in 2019. "[I discovered on-ice speed skating] during a short track introduction course alongside my coach. I really liked it but I told myself that I would be more keen to practise long track speed skating because it is more similar to roller speed skating. And that was the same route that [French speed skater] Alexis [Contin] had followed. So I think it was obvious." (ouest-france.fr, 07 Apr 2022) |
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/germain.deschamps30 | twitter.com/germaindescham2 |