Alex Genest
{{short description|Canadian runner}}
{{use mdy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Alex Genest
| image = Alex Genest 2013.jpg
| imagesize = 130px
| caption = Genest in 2013
| full_name = Alexandre Genest
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|06|30}}
| birth_place = Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada
| height = 5 ft 10 in
| weight = 130 lb
| sport = Running
| event = Steeplechase
| club = Speed River Track Club
| collegeteam = Université de Sherbrooke, University of Guelph
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's athletics}}
{{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Toronto|3,000 m st.}}
}}
Alexandre Genest (born June 30, 1986) is a Canadian middle- and long-distance runner. He qualified for the 2012 London Olympics in the 3000 metre steeplechase with an A standard time and a first-place finish at the 2012 Canadian Olympics field & track trials in Calgary.[http://www.2012trials.ca/Live_Results/Trials/index.php?Day=2012_06_30_Olympic_Trials_Full_Results.htm 2012 Canadian Track and Field Championships, Official Results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508233228/http://www.2012trials.ca/Live_Results/Trials/index.php?Day=2012_06_30_Olympic_Trials_Full_Results.htm |date=2013-05-08 }}
Personal life
Genest was born on June 30, 1986, in Shawinigan, Quebec.
Genest and partner Marie-Christine had a son on July 1, 2011, named Arno, just three weeks prior to Genest running a time that would qualify him for the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.
Career
Alex started to run in 1997, at the age of 12, for Paul Lejeune High School. Genest says he "climbed step by step from regional competitions to provincial competitions." His taste for challenge and overcoming led him to international competition in 2003 when he represented Canada at the World Youth Championships in Athletics, held in nearby Sherbrooke, Quebec. He finished 6th at the event while teammate Chris Winter captured bronze.[http://www.alexgenest.com/?page_id=3 Biography at alexgenest.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116125345/http://www.alexgenest.com/?page_id=3 |date=2014-01-16 }}[http://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-youth-championships/2003/3rd-iaaf-world-youth-championships-2961/men/2000-metres-steeplechase/final/result 2003 IAAF World Youth Championships, 2000m Steeplechase Results]
Genest studied kinesiology at the Université de Sherbrooke until transferring to University of Guelph in order to bring his running to the next level by training at Speed River Track Club, known to be the best distance training centre in the country.[http://runningmagazine.ca/alex-genest-3000m-steeplechase Canadian Running Magazine: Alex Genest: 3000m steeplechase]
Competition record
| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |
| colspan="6"|Representing {{CAN}} |
|---|
| 2004
|15th (h) |3000m steeplechase |
| rowspan=2|2005
|Pan American Junior Championships |bgcolor=silver|2nd |3000 m s'chase |8:47.00 |
| Jeux de la Francophonie
| – |3000 m s'chase |DNF |
| 2008
| — |3000m steeplechase |DNF |
| rowspan=2|2009
|4th |3000 m s'chase |
| Jeux de la Francophonie
|7th |3000 m s'chase |
| 2011
|26th (h) |3000 m s'chase |
| 2012
|13th (h) |3000 m s'chase |
| 2013
|13th |3000 m s'chase |
| rowspan=2|2015
|Toronto, Ontario, Canada |bgcolor=silver|2nd |3000 m s'chase |
| World Championships
|29th (h) |3000 m s'chase |
Career highlights
- 1st, 2012 National Championships, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Olympic "A" Standard).
- 3rd, 2013 National Championships, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada (IAAF World Championships "A" Standard).
- Personal Best: 3000 metres steeplechase: 8:19.33, Barcelona, 22/07/2011
References
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External links
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815222826/http://www.alexgenest.com/ |title=Official website}}
- {{World Athletics|14174234|Alexandre Genest}}
- {{Athletics Canada|alex-genest}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120718004840/http://www.athletics.ca/profile_new.asp?pID=4692 archive])
- {{Team Canada|alex-genest}}
- {{Olympics.com|alex-genest}}
- {{Olympedia}}
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Category:Canadian male long-distance runners
Category:Canadian male steeplechase runners
Category:Olympic track and field athletes for Canada
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Shawinigan
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen
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