Jump to content

Gabriela DeBues-Stafford

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Lugnuts (talk | contribs) at 13:21, 16 July 2020. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Gabriela DeBues-Stafford
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1995-09-13) 13 September 1995 (age 29)
London, Ontario, Canada[1]
EducationUniversity of Toronto[2]
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
SpouseRowan DeBues (m. 2018)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportAthletics/Track, Middle-distance running
Event(s)1500 metres, 5000 metres
College teamVarsity Blues
ClubNike
Coached byAndy Young
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2016
1500 m, 25th (h)
World finals2017
1500 m, 21st (sf)
2019
1500 m, 6th
Personal bests

Gabriela Maria DeBues-Stafford (née Stafford, born 13 September 1995) is a Canadian middle-distance runner.[3] She competed in the 1500 metres at the 2016 World Indoor Championships. In addition, she won the silver medal at the 2015 Summer Universiade.

Her father, James Stafford, was also a runner and competed for Canada at four World Cross Country Championships.[2] In July 2016 she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team.[4].

In 2019, she broke numerous national records: the indoor mile and 5,000 metre records; the outdoor 1,500 metre, mile and 5,000 metre records. She added the indoor 1,500 metre record in 2020.[5]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Canada
2013 Pan American Junior Championships Medellín, Colombia 8th 1500 m 4:53.35
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 9th 3000 m 9:14.97
2015 Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 2nd 1500 m 4:19.27
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 10th (h) 1500 m 4:11.46
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 25th (h) 1500 m 4:09.45
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 21st (sf) 1500 m 4:08.51
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 13th (h) 1500 m 4:09.94
Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 14th (h) 1500 m 4:09.59
NACAC Championships Toronto, Canada 3rd 1500 m 4:07.36
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 6th 1500 m 3:56.12

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

References

  1. ^ a b "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b College team bio
  3. ^ "Gabriela Stafford". IAAF. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  4. ^ Hossain, Asif (11 July 2016). "Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  5. ^ Progression NR 5000 metres Canada - run123