Alex Genest
130px
Alex Genest in 2013
|
|||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||
Born | Shawinigan, Quebec |
June 30, 1986 ||||||||||||
Residence | Guelph, Ontario[1] | ||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight | 130 lb (59 kg) | ||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||
Sport | Running | ||||||||||||
Event(s) | Steeplechase | ||||||||||||
College team | Université de Sherbrooke, University of Guelph | ||||||||||||
Club | Speed River Track Club | ||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Alex Genest (born June 30, 1986 in Shawinigan, Quebec) is a Canadian middle- and long-distance runner. He qualified for the 2012 London Olympics in the 3000 metre steeplechase with an A standard time and a first-place finish at the 2012 Canadian Olympics field & track trials in Calgary.[2]
Contents
Personal life
Genest was born on June 30, 1986, in Shawinigan, Quebec.
Genest and partner Marie-Christine had a son on July 1, 2011, named Arnaud, just three weeks prior to Genest running a time that would qualify him for the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.
Career
Alex started to run in 1997, at the age of 12, for Paul Lejeune High School. Genest says he "climbed step by step from regional competitions to provincial competitions." His taste for challenge and overcoming led him to international competition in 2003 when he represented Canada at the World Youth Championships in Athletics, held in nearby Sherbrooke, Quebec. He finished 6th at the event while teammate Chris Winter captured bronze.[3][4]
Genest studied kinesiology at the Université de Sherbrooke until transferring to University of Guelph in order to bring his running to the next level by training at Speed River Track Club, known to be the best distance training centre in the country.[5]
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing Canada | |||||
2004 | World Junior Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 15th (h) | 3000m steeplechase | 8:55.19 |
2005 | Pan American Junior Championships | Windsor, Canada | 2nd | 3000 m s'chase | 8:47.00 |
Jeux de la Francophonie | Niamey, Niger | – | 3000 m s'chase | DNF | |
2008 | NACAC U-23 Championships | Toluca, México | — | 3000m steeplechase | DNF |
2009 | Universiade | Belgrade, Serbia | 4th | 3000 m s'chase | 8:27.53 |
Jeux de la Francophonie | Beirut, Lebanon | 7th | 3000 m s'chase | 9:12.08 | |
2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 26th (h) | 3000 m s'chase | 8:36.67 |
2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 13th (h) | 3000 m s'chase | 8:22.62 |
2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 13th | 3000 m s'chase | 8:27.01 |
2015 | Pan American Games | Toronto, Canada | 2nd | 3000 m s'chase | 8:33.83 |
World Championships | Beijing, China | 29th (h) | 3000 m s'chase | 8:52.49 |
Career highlights
- 1st, 2012 National Championships, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Olympic "A" Standard).
- 3rd, 2013 National Championships, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada (IAAF World Championships "A" Standard).
- Personal Best: 3000 metres steeplechase: 8:19.33, Barcelona, 22/07/2011
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2012 Canadian Track and Field Championships, Official Results
- ↑ Biography at alexgenest.com
- ↑ 2003 IAAF World Youth Championships, 2000m Steeplechase Results
- ↑ Canadian Running Magazine: Alex Genest: 3000m steeplechase
External links
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- Pages with broken file links
- IAAF ID different in Wikidata
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Canadian middle-distance runners
- Canadian male long-distance runners
- Olympic track and field athletes of Canada
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Shawinigan
- Sportspeople from Quebec
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Canada
- Canadian track and field athletics biography stubs