Derrick Campbell

Short-track speed skater
Derrick Campbell
Medal record
Men's short track speed skating
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Nagano 5000 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Nagano 500 m
Gold medal – first place 1998 Vienna 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1994 Guildford 500 m
Silver medal – second place 1996 Hague 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1997 Nagano 5000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Guildford 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Guildford 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Nagano Overall
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Guildford 5000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Sofia 5000 m relay
World Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 1995 Zoetermeer Team
Gold medal – first place 1996 Lake Placid Team
Silver medal – second place 1994 Cambridge Team
Silver medal – second place 1999 St. Louis Team
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Seoul Team

Derrick Nathan Campbell (born February 18, 1972) is a Canadian short track speed skater who competed in the 1994 Winter Olympics and in the 1998 Winter Olympics.

He was born in Cambridge, Ontario.

In 1994 he was a member of the Canadian relay team which finished fourth in the 5000 metre relay competition. In the 1000 m event he finished sixth and in the 500 m contest he finished eleventh. In the 1000 m contest Campbell was obstructed by the Briton Nicky Gooch, who was disqualified. Campbell got up and thought he finished the race, and was celebrating his bronze medal with a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reporter live on television when he discovered he hadn't completed the race. He had miscounted and left the track one lap short of the finish line, and was classified as a non-finisher. This meant that Marc Gagnon was a surprise bronze medallist, even though he wasn't even in the A final. Gagnon was first place in the B final so he received the bronze medal.

Four years later he won the gold medal with the Canadian team in the 5000 metre relay competition.

He was also training Francois Hamelin.

External links

  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Derrick Campbell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
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  • 1988:  Charles Veldhoven, Peter van der Velde, Jaco Mos, Richard Suyten (NED)
As official sport


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