Calgary, Olympic Oval, 18 February 1988: Gaetan BOUCHER, 5th, in action in the 1000m speed skating event. Credit: IOC Olympic Museum Collections

Born: 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.