Pedro Causil
Colombia
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSCOL11404199101 | |
| NOC | Colombia | |
| Born | 14 Apr 1991
in  Cartagena | |
| Gender | Men |
| Residence | Salt Lake City, UT, USA | |
| Occupation | Athlete | |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 34.92 | 08 Dec 2017 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1000m | 1:08.83 | 02 Dec 2017 |  Calgary |
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| 1500m | 1:49.66 | 11 Mar 2017 | Salt Lake City, UT |
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General Interest
General Interest
| Other sports | He has represented Colombia in roller speed skating. He won gold in the road 500m sprint and silver in the road 200m time trial at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, ON, Canada. (SportsDeskOnline, 25 Nov 2016; results.toronto2015.org, 13 Jul 2015) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | Having tried football, baseball, karate and swimming as a child, he took up inline skating in the car park at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport in San Andres, Colombia, where the authorities would allow people to skate between the hours of 18:00 and 20:00. He switched to speed skating because he hoped to compete at the Olympic Winter Games. "I tried so many sports but I liked the adrenaline that I felt when I raced." | |
| Name of coach | Ryan Shimabukuro [national], USA | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He began inline skating at age seven on San Andres Island, Colombia. He first tried speed skating in 2014 in Milwaukee, WI, United States of America. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Nicknames | The Killer (Facebook page, 01 Aug 2016) | |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Setting a world record for the 300m sprint in roller speed skating at the 2008 World Championships in Gijon, Spain. (Athlete, 11 Nov 2017) | |
| Most influential person in career | His parents. (Athlete, 11 Nov 2017) | |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Work hard for the glory." (Athlete, 11 Nov 2017) | |
| Awards and honours | He was selected as Colombia's flag bearer for the opening ceremony of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (OIS, 09 Feb 2018) |
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/Pedro-Causil-96448970674/ | twitter.com/pcausil |