# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-bedard
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:20:00.302Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-bedard"
name: "Éric Bédard"
slug: "eric-bedard"
description: "Éric Bédard is a Canadian short track speed skater who has won 4 Olympic medals. He participated in three individual events at the 2006 Winter Olympics and finished fourth in the 500 meters. He also led a team into the 5000 meter relay, winning the silver medal. He has been a longtime member of Canada's short track team and has won four medals in three Olympic games: bronze in the 1,000 meters in Nagano, and two golds and a silver in the 5,000 meter relay. He has also had a lot of success at the World Championships, capturing 10 medals, including three golds."
tagline: "Canadian short-track speed skater"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
birthDate: "1976-12-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.07321866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "埃里克·贝达尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric_B%C3%A9dard"
    title: "Éric Bédard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric_B%C3%A9dard"
    title: "Éric Bédard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric_B%C3%A9dard"
    title: "Éric Bédard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "اریک برد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric_B%C3%A9dard_(patinage_de_vitesse_sur_piste_courte)"
    title: "Éric Bédard (patinage de vitesse sur piste courte)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%AF_%D4%B2%D5%A5%D5%A4%D5%A1%D6%80"
    title: "Էրիկ Բեդար"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric_B%C3%A9dard"
    title: "Éric Bédard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%90%EB%A6%AC%ED%81%AC_%EB%B2%A0%EB%8B%A4%EB%A5%B4_(%EC%87%BC%ED%8A%B8%ED%8A%B8%EB%9E%99_%EC%84%A0%EC%88%98)"
    title: "에리크 베다르 (쇼트트랙 선수)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric_B%C3%A9dard"
    title: "Éric Bédard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric_B%C3%A9dard"
    title: "Éric Bédard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric_B%C3%A9dard"
    title: "Éric Bédard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric_B%C3%A9dard"
    title: "Éric Bédard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Бедар, Эрик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BA_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Ерік Бедар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump