Courtney Sarault

Biography

Courtney Sarault made her Olympic debut at Beijing 2022. She was a member of the women’s relay team that finished fourth, made it to the B final in the women’s 1500m, and was a quarterfinalist in the women’s 1000m.

Sarault won the Crystal Globe as the top woman overall during the 2025-26 ISU Short Track World Tour. She earned nine individual medals (five gold, three silver, one bronze) throughout the four stops of the circuit. She also helped Canada win a second straight Team Crystal Globe. Sarault had started the season by winning her second national title (following her first in 2023), going nine-for-nine to sweep the three races held in each of the three distances.

Sarault had missed the 2024 Canadian Championships while recovering from a concussion. She was also dealing with the effects of overtraining, which made the concussion a blessing in disguise as she was forced to take time off. She missed the start of the 2024-25 ISU Short Track World Tour, but after returning to international competition, she won gold in the 1500m in Tilburg, Netherlands in February. She capped off the season by winning silver medals in the 1000m and 1500m at the 2025 ISU World Short Track Championships where she helped Canada win gold in the women’s 3000m relay.   

That was the fifth world championship medal Sarault had won with the women’s 3000m relay since debuting at the senior worlds in 2019. She won her first individual world championship medals in 2021, taking silver in the 1500m and bronze in the 1000m to finish second in the overall standings. She also won bronze in the 1000m at the 2023 World Championships.

Sarault debuted on the ISU World Cup circuit during the 2018-19 season and won a silver medal in the 1500m at the season-opener in Calgary.

It was in 2019 that Sarault first experienced symptoms of overtraining and ended up having to stop all physical activity for months. Though the comeback was difficult both physically and mentally, she recovered to compete on the World Cup circuit for the 2019-20 season. During the second stop on home ice in Montreal, she won 1000m silver for her first individual World Cup medal since her debut a year earlier. She ended up winning three more individual medals that season along with five medals with the 3000m relay, including a gold in Shanghai. At the inaugural Four Continents Championships in 2020, Sarault won 500m bronze and 1000m silver to finish third overall. 

Sarault had a great start to the 2021-22 season, finishing the World Cup season ranked third in the 1500m with three medals won in the distance. In 2022-23, she was ranked second in the 1000m and third in the 1500m at the end of the World Cup season.

Sarault had her breakout moment at the 2018 World Junior Championships where she finished second overall after winning silver medals in the 1000m and 1500m, placing fourth in the 500m, and capturing gold with the 3000m relay team. Sarault was named Speed Skating Canada’s Short Track Rising Star in 2018 and was the recipient of the Nathalie Lambert Award for Female Short Track Athlete of the Year in 2021, becoming only the fourth skater from outside Quebec to take home the top honour. She was named Canada’s Female Short Track Athlete of the Year again in 2023.

A Little More About Courtney

Getting into the Sport: Started speed skating at age 7… As a young racer was known as “pink suit girl” because of the hot pink suit she made her parents get made for her to skate in… Began believing she could compete at the Olympics after winning medals at the 2018 World Junior Championships… Outside Interests: Enjoys cooking and baking… Tries to play other sports such as rugby in the offseason… Odds and Ends: Father Yves Sarault played in the NHL… Credits older brother Chris with making her a really competitive person and pushing her from a young age… Always wears the same earrings and the same pink scrunchie when she races…