Gabriella Hachem
United States
| Sport | Short Track | |
| FederationID | STUSA21310199801 | |
| NOC | United States | |
| Born | 13 Oct 1998
in Boynton Beach, FL  |
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| Gender | Women |
| Residence | Potomac, MD, USA | |
| Occupation | Athlete | |
| Languages | Arabic, English, Spanish | |
| Higher education | University of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 44.602 | 28 Jan 2017 |  Innsbruck |
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| 1000m | 1:32.667 | 03 Feb 2017 |  Dresden |
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| 1500m | 2:22.575 | 28 Jan 2017 | Innsbruck |
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Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | United Capital Blades Short Track Speed Skating Club: Washington, DC, USA |
General Interest
General Interest
| Hobbies | Watching gymnastics, football and fencing, singing, cooking and baking. (teamusa.org, Mar 2017) | |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Making her senior World Cup debut in 2017 in Dresden, Germany, and placing 10th in the 500m at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Innsbruck, Austria. (Athlete, 02 Feb 2017) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | She practised figure skating before following her brother into short track. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Most influential person in career | Her mother. (Athlete, 02 Feb 2017) | |
| Hero / Idol | Korean short track skaters Shim Suk-Hee and Park Seung-Hi, Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi. (teamusa.org, Mar 2017; Athlete, 02 Feb 2017) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| When and where did you begin this sport? | She took up short track in 2011 in Wheaton, MD, United States of America. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "No pain, no point." (teamusa.org, Mar 2017) | |
| Other information | HERITAGE Her parents are from Honduras and Lebanon. (patch.com, 22 Apr 2015) HIGHER EDUCATION She deferred her first year at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA, United States of America, to focus on trying to qualify for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (gofundme.com, 31 Mar 2017) |
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/gabriella.hachem.3 |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2017/2018 | World Junior Championships | 3000m Relay | 6 | |||
| 2017/2018 | World Junior Championships | Overall | 10 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Junior Championships | 3000m Relay | 11 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Junior Championships | Overall | 18 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Junior Championships | Overall | 27 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Championships | 1000m | 36 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Championships | 500m | 36 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Championships | 1500m | 38 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Championships | Overall | 39 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2016/2017 | Dresden | 3000m Relay | 9 | |||
| 2016/2017 | Dresden | 1000m | 13 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 56 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 105 | |||