- Date of birth26 Nov 2000
- HeightN/A
- ProfessionAthlete
- HometownQuebec
- Place of birthGatineau
- Start skatingIn 2010 he began practising both short track and speed skating. He also played ice hockey before starting to focus solely on speed skating at age 17. "I'm sure I made the right choice between the three sports, even if my dream as a child was to play hockey in the NHL for Montreal."
- Club Club de Patinage de Vitesse de Levis: Canada
- HobbiesIce hockey, baseball, surfing, video games". (Athlete, December 2025)
- LanguagesEnglish, French
- Other nameCed (Facebook profile, 24 Jun 2018)
- CoachGregor Jelonek
- Former CoachN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
"Dream big." (Athlete, December 2025)
Canadian speed skater Laurent Dubreuil - "It's great being in the same team. He is a model for me. Since I started skating I always wanted to be like him. Whenever I have questions, I go see him and he helps me.
"Sidney Crosby too, I was a hockey player when I was younger." (Athlete, December 2025)
"Sidney Crosby too, I was a hockey player when I was younger." (Athlete, December 2025)
"My family. They were athletes too. My Dad, my aunt, my uncle, my brother too." (Athlete, December 2025)
He injured his back in the 2024/25 season, which curtailed his performances.
To compete and to perform at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina. (Athlete, December 2025)
- Finished 9th in the men's 500m in the 2022 ISU Four Continents Speed Skating Championships.
(isu-skating.com/speed-skating, December 2025)
(isu-skating.com/speed-skating, December 2025)
FAMOUS FAMILY
"My Uncle and my aunt are freestyle skiers. My aunt is Jennifer Heil, Torino 2006 Olympic champion in Moguls. My Dad was a figure skater, he went to the Nagano 1998 Olympic Games and my uncle too - he was a freestyle skier.
My brother, Frederic he is a professional hockey player. He plays for the firm team for the Boston Bruins." (Athlete, December 2025) DISAPPOINTMENTS FORGE MATURITY
He emerged as a potential 2022 Olympic candidate after finishing third in the 500m event at the Canadian national championships in October 2021, where his time was .07 seconds off the Olympic standard set by Speed Skating Canada. He hoped to improve at the Canadian Olympic trials in December that year but the event was cancelled due to COVID-19. "It was difficult mentally, I wanted the opportunity to prove that I could make it [on the Olympic team]. But, I have to tell myself that next time [2026] will be the right time." He initially secured a place on Canada's World Cup squad for 2021/22, but his veteran teammate Alex Boisvert-Lacroix contested Brunet's selection at the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada [SDRCC] on the grounds that he had already achieved the standard at previous events despite finishing behind Brunet at the national championships. The appeal was successful, and Brunet was told two days before he was due to depart for Europe that Boisvert-Lacroix would be taking his place on the team. "When I found out, I was angry. But I told myself everything happens for a reason, I'm only 21 and have my whole future ahead of me, so let's move on to the next opportunity." Brunet was ultimately given the chance to make his World Cup debut in December 2021 in Calgary, AB, Canada. "I have learnt a lot [in the 2021/22 season] for a youngster who has only just started for real in this sport." (ledroit.com, 26 Feb 2022; lapresse.ca, 09 Dec 2021)
"My Uncle and my aunt are freestyle skiers. My aunt is Jennifer Heil, Torino 2006 Olympic champion in Moguls. My Dad was a figure skater, he went to the Nagano 1998 Olympic Games and my uncle too - he was a freestyle skier.
My brother, Frederic he is a professional hockey player. He plays for the firm team for the Boston Bruins." (Athlete, December 2025) DISAPPOINTMENTS FORGE MATURITY
He emerged as a potential 2022 Olympic candidate after finishing third in the 500m event at the Canadian national championships in October 2021, where his time was .07 seconds off the Olympic standard set by Speed Skating Canada. He hoped to improve at the Canadian Olympic trials in December that year but the event was cancelled due to COVID-19. "It was difficult mentally, I wanted the opportunity to prove that I could make it [on the Olympic team]. But, I have to tell myself that next time [2026] will be the right time." He initially secured a place on Canada's World Cup squad for 2021/22, but his veteran teammate Alex Boisvert-Lacroix contested Brunet's selection at the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada [SDRCC] on the grounds that he had already achieved the standard at previous events despite finishing behind Brunet at the national championships. The appeal was successful, and Brunet was told two days before he was due to depart for Europe that Boisvert-Lacroix would be taking his place on the team. "When I found out, I was angry. But I told myself everything happens for a reason, I'm only 21 and have my whole future ahead of me, so let's move on to the next opportunity." Brunet was ultimately given the chance to make his World Cup debut in December 2021 in Calgary, AB, Canada. "I have learnt a lot [in the 2021/22 season] for a youngster who has only just started for real in this sport." (ledroit.com, 26 Feb 2022; lapresse.ca, 09 Dec 2021)
He likes to go for a walk before competing and I always tie my right skate before my left skate. (speedskating.ca, 01 Jan 2022)
He trains at the Centre de Glaces in Quebec City, QC, Canada.
"I was inspired by watching the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. I went to see my aunt compete and she won a silver medal (in Moguls)." (Athlete, December 2025)
Gregor Jelonek
