Eden Donatelli

Eden Donatelli (born July 19, 1970) is a Canadian short track speed skating coach and former athlete.

Born in Mission, British Columbia, Donatelli became the youngest ever athlete to make the Canadian Senior National Team at only 15 years of age.

In the 1988 Winter Olympics, while short track speed skating was still a demonstration sport, she won Silver in the women's 500m event.

After retiring from skating, Donatelli married English speed skater and coach Julian Green, and has three children.

Despite being the fastest female for the BC Canada Winter Games Team in 1983, Eden was not permitted to compete due to her young age; a rule that has since been challenged and defeated by Human Rights Law.

Finally, after two years the National High Performance Committee permitted Eden to be coached by her father again at home in Mission.

Eden excelled in speed skating at a time when no other BC female had qualified to the National Short Track Team.

She regularly competed against Sylvie Daigle, Natalie Lambert, Susan Auch, Maryse and Annie Perrault, Isabelle Charest and Christine Boudrias.

She also had many wonderful coaches: Clara Overend, Dennis Brain, Sandra Clements, Larry Lewin, and of course, her father, George Donatelli.

Her inspiring feats have encouraged many young girls and boys to take up the sport of short track speed skating and her coaching skills continue to help them reach their dreams.