Kim Boutin

Kim Boutin
Boutin in 2017
Personal information
Born (1994-12-16) December 16, 1994
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportShort track speed skating
ClubCPV Sherbrooke
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)500 m: 41.936 WR (2019)
1000 m: 1:28.788 (2017)
1500 m: 2:18.474 (2016)
3000 m: 5:00.068 (2018)
Medal record
Women's short track speed skating
Representing  Canada
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 2 4
World Championships 3 6 8
World Junior Championships 0 1 0
Total 3 9 12
Olympic Games
2018 Pyeongchang 1000 m
2026 Milano Cortina Mixed 2000 m relay
2018 Pyeongchang 500 m
2018 Pyeongchang 1500 m
2022 Beijing 500 m
2026 Milano Cortina 3000 m relay
World Championships
2024 Rotterdam 500 m
2025 Beijing 3000 m relay
2025 Beijing 2000 m mixed relay
2019 Sofia 1500 m
2022 Montreal Overall
2022 Montreal 500 m
2022 Montreal 1000 m
2022 Montreal 1500 m
2022 Montreal 3000 m relay
2018 Montreal 1500 m
2018 Montreal 3000 m relay
2019 Sofia Overall
2019 Sofia 1000 m
2019 Sofia 3000 m relay
2023 Seoul 1500 m
2023 Seoul 3000 m relay
2024 Rotterdam 3000 m relay

Kim Boutin (French pronunciation: [butɛ̃]; born December 16, 1994) is a Canadian short track speed skater. Boutin won silver in the 1,000 m and bronze in the 500 m and 1,500 m events at the 2018 Winter Olympics at Pyeonchang, Korea. She was the first Canadian female short track speed skater to win three individual Olympic medals in a single Olympics and the first Canadian woman to win an Olympic medal in the 1,500 m. As a result of her three medal performance she was named the flag bearer for Canada at the closing ceremonies for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Boutin has also won junior and senior world championships and World Cup medals.

On November 3, 2019, she set a new world-record time of 41.936 seconds in the women's 500m event, becoming the first woman to skate the 500 in under 42 seconds.