Chantal Bailey

Background

Chantal was born May 28 and grew up in Champaign, Illinois.

Career

Currently she is coach for the Bemidji, Minnesota Pioneer Club. Which is the same home town of her 1994 Olympic teammate Bonnie Blair, who wrote in Chantal"s freshman yearbook, "I really think you should be a speed skater". As a child and a teenager Chantal was a figure skater before turning over to speedskating.

At the age of 14 she was diagnosed as bulimic.

After graduation from Centennial High School in Champaign, she moved to the Boulder, Colorado area to get a degree in sports medicine technology. While waiting tables she wanted to exercise, so she purchased a $6 pair of speedskates from a Boulder, Colorado garage sale and begun speedskating.

In 1990 she made the United States National Team and four years later made the United States Olympic Team. Chantal began speedskating in 1986 and in 1990 made the United States National team

Chantal retired from competitive speedskating in 1998.

Personal records

Olympic Results

In the winter of 2005-2006 Chantal started the Pioneer Skating Club in Bemidji, Minnesota. Her club has hosted to the 2008, 2009, and 2010 National Long Track Marathon.

Achievements

• Her success came when she was crowned the 1992-1993 all-around United States. women's speed skating champion and 1994 national champion in the 3,000-meter race. She made the 1994 Olympic team and won the 1995 age-class national championships for speedskating.

Membership

Was a member of the 1994 United States Olympic Team foreign