Dilemma's met Laurent Dubreuil: 'Ik ben een groot fan van sc Heerenveen'

Finally seeing my favorite team @scheerenveenofficial play live! Let's go!!!

Een bericht gedeeld door Laurent Dubreuil (@laurent_dubreuil) op 1 Dec 2018 om 12:44 (PST)

Krant of tijdschrift
"Krant. Ik check het nieuws tegenwoordig meestal online, maar toen ik opgroeide las ik vaak de sportsectie in de krant. In tijdschriften staan langere verhalen, maar kranten laten de actualiteit zien en dat vind ik belangrijk."

Simpel of ingewikkeld
"Ik ben een simpel persoon. Het leven is soms ingewikkeld, maar als ik een probleem heb, probeer ik het op te lossen zodat de situatie weer eenvoudig is."

Online winkelen of kopen in de winkel
"Ik koop niet veel spullen, maar ik zou zeggen online shoppen. Ik ga niet graag naar de winkel. De meeste dingen die mijn vrouw en ik kopen, kopen we online. Het is handiger en ze verzenden het naar ons huis."

Camping of all-inclusive hotel
"Ik zit hier een beetje in het midden, maar ik zou zeggen een all-inclusive hotel, omdat ik zo'n beetje allergisch ben voor alles wat je tegenkomt als je gaat kamperen, zoals gras. Ik zou echter niet de hele dag in het hotel blijven, maar waarschijnlijk de stad bezoeken waar ik ben."

Our first and definately last selfie of our vacation! #selfie #fail

Een bericht gedeeld door Laurent Dubreuil (@laurent_dubreuil) op 26 Mrt 2019 om 12:26 (PDT)

Thuis koken of uit eten gaan
"Uit eten gaan. Het is vrij duur, maar mijn vrouw en ik doen het graag. Niet al te vaak, omdat we daar geen geld voor hebben en er te dik van worden, haha!"

Praten of luisteren
"Ik probeer ook te luisteren, maar ik hou van praten. Hopelijk niet teveel! Ik heb het gevoel dat ik in een gesprek meer klets dan de gemiddelde persoon."

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Biography
Name: Laurent Dubreuil
Date of birth: 25-07-1992
Place of birth: Lévis
Team: Team Canada
Remarkable: Dubreuil was not reimbursed for the World Championships Sprint by the Canadian skating association in 2019 and so he stayed with a host family in Heerenveen.
Twitter: @Dubreuil92
Instagram: @laurent_dubreuil

100 or 500 meters
"100 meters is very fun, but I've always been good at the 500 meters. It is my dream to become 500 meters world champion, so I'll say that. Right after the World Cup final, I am going to skate the 100 meters again, at the Zilveren Bal. I'm really looking forward to that!"

De Zilveren Bal or a world championships sprint
"Zilveren Bal is very fun, but I'll go with world championships sprint. Just since I was a kid it's been my dream to become world sprint champion. It does not just take one good race to win, but you have to be most stable in four races. It’s a very difficult tournament, but it’s one of my biggest dreams to win it."

In good shape along the track or in bad shape on the ice
"I would say in good shape along the track, because skating is a lot of fun, but being in bad shape can actually take the fun away from skating. That's just frustrating."

Heerenveen or Calgary
"Heerenveen for sure. Calgary is faster because of the altitude and it's where I’ve trained for a lot, ut the crowd in Heerenveen is so different than everywhere else. As a skater you just live for the moments that 10.000 people are cheering for you. When I'll retire once, I am going to miss doing that a lot."

Encourage others or be encouraged
"I would say encourage others. Probably when I were younger, I would say be encouraged. But right now I am one of the oldest in our group and I think it’s one of my responsibilities to encourage them. Of course, when I skate I have to be focused to myself, but I love to help the younger people in our group to bring the best they can."

World champion or a silver medal at the Olympics
"That's a good one! I read the answers from a lot of skaters to this dilemma. I skate to be the best in the world. You might make more money with silver at the Olympics but world champion means you're the best of the world that one season, so I'll go with that."

Skating indoor or skating outside
"99 percent of the time, skating indoor. But I do love skating outside when it's zero degrees a beautiful weather. Where I am from, it's mostly -20 degrees and windy. When I go skating outdoor, the circumstances have to be perfect. If not, I most definitely choose skating indoor."

sc Heerenveen or FC Groningen
"I am a huge fan of sc Heerenveen. When I lived in the Netherlands at my guest family, I had to choose a team and I just fell in love with sc Heerenveen. When I am playing FIFA with my friends, everyone picks a team like FC Barcelona, but I always choose sc Heerenveen. I went to two games last season and they haven't lost yet, so I think I have a good luck charm. They have to buy me a season ticket so they will win everything, haha! In a few weeks my family will go to the game versus Ajax. They probably need me to be on the stand too, so they win, but unfortunately I have to rest my legs that night, because of the World Cup final."

Preparing your own food or going out for dinner
"Going out for dinner. It's pretty expensive, but my wife and I love to do it. Not too often, because we probably don't have the money for that and we would get to fat, haha!

Newspaper or magazine
"Newspaper. I mostly check it online these days. I grew up, reading the sport section when I was younger. Magazines show longer stories, but newspapers mostly show what’s going on in the world and that’s important to me."

Simple or complicated
"I am a simple person, I try to keep things simple. Life is going to be complicated at some point, but when I have a problem, I try to solve it so the situation is simple again."

Online shopping or buying in store
"I really don't buy a lot of stuff, but I would say shopping online. I don't like to go to the mall. Most stuff we do buy, we buy online. It's more convenient and they ship it to our house."

Talking or listening
"Probably talking. I try to listen too, but I like to talk. Hopefully not too much, haha! I feel like I talk more in a conversation than the average person."

Camping or all-inclusive hotel
"I don't do either, I am kind of an in the middle person. But I would say an all-inclusive hotel, because I am allergic to everything you meet when you go camping, like grass. I wouldn't stay at the hotel the whole day though. I would most likely visit the city I am in."