GOLDIE Alanna

Personal Information

Family Partner Vincent De Haitre

Residence Calgary, AB, CAN

Occupation Athlete, Coach

Languages English

Higher education Criminology - Ohio State University: Columbus, OH, USA

License number 17041994000

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Sport Specific Information

When and where did you begin this sport? She began fencing at age eight.

Why this sport? Her family were involved in the sport. Her father was a competitive fencer, referee, and the president of the Canadian Fencing Federation, while her siblings also fenced. "I absolutely hated it [at first]. I thought it was the dumbest sport. I thought in my little kid brain I was going to be just as good as my sister, which is ridiculous. I thought I'd be a lot better than I was. I got the crap beat out of me."

Training Regime She trains at the Canadian Sport Institute Calgary facility at WinSport in Calgary, AB, Canada. Her schedule each week includes three days of weights, four days of fencing practice, a morning of speed and direction drills, and one day of cardiovascular work.

Handedness Right

General Interest

Nicknames Baby Goldie (olympic.ca, 23 Jul 2021)

Hobbies Playing the guitar, hiking. (olympic.ca, 23 Jul 2021)

Most influential person in career Her father Brad. (ohiostatebuckeyes.com, 16 Mar 2015)

Hero / Idol Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. (ohiostatebuckeyes.com, 16 Mar 2015)

Injuries At the 2020 World Cup event in Kazan, Russian Federation, she sprained her ankle. After her teammate Jessica Guo also sprained her ankle, Canada had to withdraw from the team event. (ottawasportspages.ca, 10 Apr 2020)

She broke her heel bone in 2014. (buckeyextra.dispatch.com, 28 Nov 2014)

Superstitions / Rituals / Beliefs She owns a stuffed toy moose called Albert, which she considers her lucky charm. (olympic.ca, 23 Jul 2021)

Sporting philosophy / motto "Everything that's anything starts out as a little thing." (olympic.ca, 23 Jul 2021)

Famous relatives Her older sister Brita Goldie has represented Canada in fencing and competed at the world junior championships in 2004, 2005, and 2007. Her father Brad served as president and CEO of the Canadian Fencing Federation from 2012 to 2018. Her partner Vincent De Haitre represented Canada in speed skating at the Olympic Winter Games in 2014 and 2018. He has also competed in track cycling and was part of the Canadian team that finished fourth in the 1km time trial at the 2020 World Championships in Berlin, Germany. (Instagram profile, 13 Mar 2022; SportsDeskOnline, 25 May 2021; canada.com, 24 Jun 2008; tokyo2020.org, 21 Aug 2020; calgary.ctvnews.ca, 29 Oct 2020; Brad Goldie LinkedIn profile, 01 Sep 2018)

Other information DEATH OF COACH
In 2011 her former coach Imre Nagy passed away. She struggled to cope with his death, as she had worked with him since she was young, and came close to quitting the sport. "He was the reason why I got into fencing. When he died, it was sudden and unexpected and I was like, 'I can't do this anymore. It's way too hard to go in the gym'. I used to drive to practice and I would sit in the car and then just drive home. After a while I was having a bit of a pity party, I was like, 'Your life is over, you've got to change sport, everything's done'. Then I asked myself, 'How mad would [Nagy] be right now if he saw me sitting in my room, saying I'm not going to fence ever again?' So finally I got my big girl pants on and I went to the gym. It was still really hard to be there but it brought back to the fact that he would've hated it if I just stopped fencing completely. It took me a long time to stop feeling sorry for myself. Me fencing is me sharing his gift that he gave me with the world." (Barriers to Breakthroughs podcast, 28 Jul 2021)

CAMPER VAN BUILDER
In August 2021 she began a project to convert her own camper van. She named the van 'Ed Sheervan', after English singer Ed Sheeran. "I've always wanted to live the van life. Go travel around Canada in a van. Go camping and have this van. This wasn't something I was just randomly deciding to do - it was something that I had been wanting for a long time. I'm determined not to get any outside help, other than my dad making sure I don't cut my hands off. The saw we have is pretty old. My mum and dad got it as a wedding present - and they've been married for 43 years. I was scared of using it. But all my fingers are intact, so we're looking good so far. Some may call me crazy, my dads calling it a pre-30s crisis, but I call it adventure. It's the best thing I've ever done. I'm very happy I bought it. It was a big cost, and now I can add to it whenever I have time, whenever I have money." (Instagram profile, 13 Mar 2022; calgaryboosterclub.com, 08 Dec 2021)

COACHING
She is a coach at the Epic Fencing Club in Calgary, AB, Canada. "I started in a gym just like this one. It's not that far out of reach for little kids. It's cool to now be that person that they can look at and say, 'Well, if she did it, I can, too'." (ucalgary.ca, 25 Aug 2021; LinkedIn profile, 01 Aug 2021)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She has served on the board of directors for the Alberta Fencing Association [AFA] in Canada, as well as on the AFA's Athlete Development, and Technical and Coaching committees. She also has an online store where she sells her own paintings. "I started PaintingsByLanna to help fund my sporting career and share my passion for art." (Facebook profile, 22 Nov 2020; etsy.com, 01 Jan 2020; fencing.ab.ca, 01 Jan 2020)