Priscilla Lopes-Schliep
 Priscilla Lopes-Schliep during 2010 Memorial Van Damme |
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| Full name | Priscilla Lopes-Schliep | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Canada |
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| Born | 26 August 1982 Scarborough, Ontario |
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| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (born 26 August 1982) is a Canadian hurdler in track and field athletic competition. She was born in Scarborough, Ontario and currently lives in Whitby. Lopes-Schliep is the first cousin of soccer player Dwayne De Rosario.[1] She attended the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Lopes-Schliep won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in women's 100 m hurdles.[2] It was the first medal for Canada in Athletics at the Summer Olympics since the 1996 Games[3] and the first medal for a Canadian woman in Olympic track and field since the 1992 Games.[4]
On August 19, 2009, Lopes-Schliep won a silver medal in the 100 m hurdles at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Germany, in a time of 12.54s.[5][6]
Lopes-Schliep was born in Canada, and her heritage is Guyanese and Portuguese.[7]
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[edit] Personal bests
| Event | Time (sec) | Venue | Date |
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| 50 metres hurdles | 6.82 | Stockholm, Sweden | 21 February 2008 |
| 55 metres hurdles | 7.51 | Fresno, California, United States | 21 January 2008 |
| 60 metres hurdles | 7.82 | Stuttgart, Germany | 6 February 2010 |
| 100 metres hurdles | 12.49 | Brussels, Belgium | 4 September 2009 |
| 60 metres | 7.23 | Lincoln, Nebraska, United States | 26 February 2005 |
| 100 metres | 11.44 | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | 19 July 2003 |
| 200 metres (indoor) | 23.50 | Lincoln, Nebraska, United States | 25 February 2006 |
- All information taken from IAAF profile.
[edit] Personal
Lopes-Schliep married former University of Nebraska basketball player, Bronsen Schliep, in the fall of 2007. They currently reside in Toronto where he practices dentistry.
[edit] References
- ^ Zeisberger, Mike (2008-08-20). "De Rosario gets lifted". Slam! Sports. Sun Media. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Soccer/Canada/2008/08/20/6512046-sun.html. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ^ "Roll call: Canada's medal winners". Sympatico MSN. 2008-08-23. http://sports.sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/beijing2008/cp_cbc_beijing.aspx?feedname=cbc-sports-v3&showbyline=true&newsitemid=olympics-canada-medals&pagenumber=3. Retrieved 2008-08-23.[dead link]
- ^ The Canadian Press (2008-08-19). "Lopes-Schliep wins bronze in women's 100M hurdles". TSN.ca. http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/story/?id=246879. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
- ^ NBC Television, Olympic Evening, 19 Aug 2008
- ^ "Lopes-Schliep takes silver in 100m hurdle". CTV Olympics. 2009-08-19. http://www.ctvolympics.ca/news-centre/newsid=14340.html. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ^ "IAAF 2009 World Championships Official Results". http://berlin.iaaf.org/results/racedate=08-19-2009/sex=W/discCode=100H/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#detW_100H_hash_f. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
- ^ "Priscilla Lopes-Schliep: the underdog who overcame the odds". SPIKES magazine. http://www.spikesmag.com/features/priscillalopesschlieptheunderdogwhoovercametheodds.aspx. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
[edit] External links
- Priscilla Lopes-Schliep Official website
- IAAF profile for Priscilla Lopes-Schliep
- Priscilla Lopes-Schliep at Canadian Olympic Committee
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- 1982 births
- Canadian hurdlers
- Sportspeople from Ontario
- People from Scarborough, Ontario
- Olympic track and field athletes of Canada
- Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- University of Nebraska alumni
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Canadian people of Guyanese descent
- Canadian people of Portuguese descent
- Female hurdlers
- Canadian Olympic medalist stubs
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