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	181 cm (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Athletics
Event	Middle distance
Coached by	Richard Lee
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Outdoor; 1500 m: 3:37.79 (Mission Viejo, CA 2021); Mile: 3:58.60 (Burnaby, British Columbia 2021); 3000 m: 7:46.89 (Concord, MA 2017); 5000 m: 13:12.56 (Burnaby, British Columbia 2021); 10,000 m: 27:56.12 (San Juan Capistrano, CA 2022); Half Marathon: 1:03:12 (Mission, British Columbia 2021); Indoor; Mile: 3:57.70 (Seattle, WA 2014); 3000 m: 7:49.65 (Boston, MA 2020); 5000 m: 13:40.13 (Boston 2020);

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 Champion 2013, 2017, 2018

Personal bests

1500 metres (track) - 3:37.79 (2021)
One Mile (indoor track) - 3.57.71 (2014)
3000 metres (track) - 7:46.89 (2017)
5,000 metres (track) - 13:12.56 min (2021)
10,000 metres (track) - 27:56.12 min (2022)
5 km (road) - 14:08 min (2016)

References

^ ^a ^b COC Profile
^ IAAF Profile
^ "Luc Bruchet". Team Canada. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
^ Hossain, Asif (July 11, 2016). "Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
^ "The XXXI Olympic Games | World Athletics".
^ "Athletics - BRUCHET Luc". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 28, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
^ Dickinson, Marley (February 15, 2023). "Two-time Canadian Olympian Lucas Bruchet hangs up his track spikes". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved February 17, 2023.

External links

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[a-1] COC Profile

[2] IAAF Profile

[3] "Luc Bruchet". Team Canada. Retrieved February 17, 2023.

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

[5] "The XXXI Olympic Games | World Athletics".

[6] "Athletics - BRUCHET Luc". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 28, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021.

[7] Dickinson, Marley (February 15, 2023). "Two-time Canadian Olympian Lucas Bruchet hangs up his track spikes". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved February 17, 2023.

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