Lucas Bruchet Explained

Birth Date:23 February 1991
Birth Place:Vancouver, British Columbia
Weight:69kg (152lb)
Sport:Athletics
Event:Middle distance
Coach:Richard Lee

Lucas Bruchet (born February 23, 1991, in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian track and field athlete who competed in the middle-distance events, predominantly 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]

Running career

Bruchet ran collegially for the University of British Columbia.[3] In June 2016, he ran a personal best of 13:24.10 (in the 5,000 metres event), meeting the Olympic Standard. In July, he was officially named to the Olympic team.[4] In the Men's 5,000 metres at the 2016 Olympics he finished 37th after failing to qualify for the finals[5]

He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 5000m where he was 12th in his heat.[6]

In February 2023 he announced he was retiring from professional running.[7]

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

Career highlights

Canadian Cross Country Champion2013, 2017, 2018

Personal bests

Notes and References

  1. http://olympic.ca/team-canada/lucas-bruchet/ COC Profile
  2. http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/canada/lucas-bruchet-254740 IAAF Profile
  3. Web site: Luc Bruchet . February 17, 2023 . Team Canada.
  4. News: Hossain . Asif . July 11, 2016 . Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio . . July 11, 2016.
  5. Web site: The XXXI Olympic Games | World Athletics .
  6. Web site: Athletics - BRUCHET Luc . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210828010301/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1432412-bruchet-luc.htm . August 28, 2021 . August 28, 2021 . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . en-us.
  7. Web site: Dickinson . Marley . February 15, 2023 . Two-time Canadian Olympian Lucas Bruchet hangs up his track spikes . February 17, 2023 . Canadian Running Magazine.