François Lapointe (racewalker)

François Lapointe
Personal information
Born	August 23, 1961 (age 63); Montreal, Quebec
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Athletics
Event	Racewalking
	Updated on 25 July 2013

François Lapointe (born August 23, 1961 in Montreal, Quebec) is a retired male racewalker from Canada. He set his personal best in the men's 20 km race walk event (1:23:50) in 1987.

Personal bests

20 km: 1:23:50 hrs – 1987
50 km: 3:48:15 hrs – Seoul, 30 September 1988

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Canada
1982	Commonwealth Games	Brisbane, Australia	5th	30 km	2:17:02
1983	Universiade	Edmonton, Canada	7th	20 km	1:26:43
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	—	20 km	DNF
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	50 km	3:53:57
	Pan American Games	Edmonton, Canada	–	50 km	DNF
1984	Olympic Games^[1]	Los Angeles, United States	11th	20 km	1:27:06
	Olympic Games^[1]	Los Angeles, United States	—	50 km	DSQ
	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Bucaramanga, Colombia	—	20 km	DSQ
1985	Universiade	Kobe, Japan	14th	20 km	1:34:59
1986	Goodwill Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	20th	20 km	1:29:11
	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	—	30 km	DSQ
	Pan American Race Walking Cup	Saint Léonard, Canada	6th	50 km	4:20:35
1987	World Race Walking Cup	New York City, United States	12th	50 km	3:52:38
	Universiade	Zagreb, Yugoslavia	–	20 km	DNF
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	33rd	20 km	1:29.22
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	13th	50 km	3:56:11
1988	Olympic Games^[1]	Seoul, South Korea	14th	50 km	3:48:15
1990	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	4th	30 km	2:12:41

References

^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "François Lapointe". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-02-28.

External links

Francois Lapointe at World Athletics
François Lapointe at Athletics Canada
Francois Lapointe at Team Canada
Francois Lapointe at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
François Lapointe at Olympics.com
François Lapointe at Olympedia

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[SR-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "François Lapointe". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-02-28.

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