Catriona was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She attended the Saskatoon French School and Holy Cross High School and started skating as a member of the Saskatoon Lions Speed Skating Club. She has had a very successful speed skating career, beginning as a junior competitor in 1985. In 1988, Catriona moved to Calgary to join the Canadian Speed Skating Team and train at the Olympic Oval. Here are just a few highlights from her impressive speed skating career.

Catriona LeMay Doan is the fastest woman on ice. After carrying the Canadian flag into the 2002 Winter Olympic Games opening ceremonies Catriona defended her Olympic title with a Gold medal performance in the 500m. With this victory, she became the first individual Canadian to win back-to-back Gold medals in the same event at the Olympics. Plus, she skated an Olympic record time of 37.30 seconds in race one of the two-day competition.

Catriona has broken the 500m world record eight times and earlier in the 2002 season she set the world record at 37.22 seconds. Catriona placed first overall in the 2001/2002 season, her fifth first place finish. She was named the Canadian Female Athlete of the Year in 2001 and 2002, and received the Lou Marsh Award as Canadian Athlete of the Year in 2002.

Catriona retired from competitive speed skating on May 22, 2003, but her retirement hasn't slowed her down. She is very involved in a number of charities including Right to Play, Breast Cancer and the Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association of Canada. Catriona is also a liaison at the Olympic Oval in Calgary, and involved in the 2010 Winter Games in Whistler. She is a popular public speaker and sports broadcaster, and is also raising a family with her husband Bart. In May 2004 her first child, Greta, was born.

In January 2004, she was honoured at a Catriona Tribute in Saskatoon, and in November 2005, Catriona will be inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.