Lucas Bruchet

Lucas Bruchet
	Bruchet competing at the 2013 UBC Last Chance Meet
Personal information
Born	February 23, 1991 (age 33); Vancouver, British Columbia
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Athletics
Event	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, 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]

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) - 7:46.89 (2017)
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

^ ^a ^b 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.
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[a-1] COC Proifle

[2] IAAF Profile

[3] Hossain, Asif (11 July 2016). "Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 July 2016.

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