Lucas Bruchet
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Bruchet competing at the 2013 UBC Last Chance Meet | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 23, 1991 Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |
 Canada |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Middle distance |
| Coached by | Richard Lee, Marek Jedrzejek at UBC |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) |
1,500 = 3:39.13 5,000 = 13:24.10 |
Lucas Bruchet (born February 23, 1991, in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the middle distance events, predominately the 5,000m event.[1][2] He competed in the 5000 metres at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, where he finished 8th.[1]
In June 2016, he ran a personal best of 13:24.10 (in the 5,000 meters event), in the process meeting the Olympic Standard. In July he was officially named to the Olympic team.[3] In the Men's 5,000 metres at the 2016 Olympics he finished 37th after failing to qualify for the finals [4]
Running career
High school
Bruchet attended Elgin Park Secondary in Surrey, British Columbia. While still in high school, Bruchet finished in seventh place in the 1500 meters at the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships
Personal bests
- 1500 metres (track) - 3:39.19 (2014)
- One Mile (indoor track) - 3.57.71 (2014
- 3000 metres (indoor track) - 7:51.56 (2016)
- 5,000 metres (track) - 13:24.10 min (2016)
- 10,000 metres (track) - 28:36.74 min (2015)
- 5 km (road) - 14:08 min (2016)
References
- 1 2 COC Proifle
- ↑ IAAF Profile
- ↑ Hossain, Asif (11 July 2016). "Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑