Guillaume Ouellet

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|10|03|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Sorel-Tracy, Canada

| residence = Victoriaville, Canada

| height = {{convert|174|cm}}

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| disability = Visual impairment

| disability_class = T13

| club = Club Citius

| coach = Dany Racine

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Guillaume Ouellet (born October 3, 1986) is a Canadian para-athlete competing in T13 middle and long-distance races.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/doha-2015/ENG/ZB/ZBB101A_QA2015AT@@@@@@@ENG_number=18565.htm |title=Ouellet, Guillaume| publisher=official website London 2012|accessdate=30 August 2016}}

Career history

Ouellet began took up athletics in 2011 at college. In 2013 he was selected to represent Canada at the 2013 World Championships in Lyon in the 1500 metres race, finishing fourth.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=1102980|title=Ouellet, Guillaume|work=IPC|accessdate=30 August 2016|archive-date=September 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911050140/https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=1102980|url-status=dead}} Two years later he was back in the Canadian team to compete at his second World Championships, this time in Doha. He competed in both the 1,500m and 5,000m, winning gold in the latter, with a time of 15:07.64.

At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships held in London, United Kingdom he won the bronze medal in the men's 5000 metres T13 event.{{Cite web|title=Men's 5000 metres T13|url=https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/resLO2017/pdf/LO2017/AT/LO2017_AT_C73G_ATM510101.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719092030/https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/resLO2017/pdf/LO2017/AT/LO2017_AT_C73G_ATM510101.pdf|archive-date=19 July 2020|access-date=19 July 2020|website=2017 World Para Athletics Championships}}