LALONDE Genevieve

Canada

Athletics

Date of Birth: 5 Sep 1991

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Place of birth: MONTREAL, QC

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : VICTORIA, BC

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 3000m Steeplechase	11

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 3000m Steeplechase Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 3000m Steeplechase Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	3000m SC
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	16th (9:41.88)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	3000m SC
2019	Doha, QAT	14th (9:32.92)
2017	London, GBR	13th (9:29.99)
2015	Beijing, CHN	Heats (9:36.83)

Pan American Games

Year	Location	3000m SC
2019	Lima, PER	1st (9:41.45)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	3000m SC
2019	1 x 7th, 1 x 11th
2018	1 x 12th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
7	2019	3000m Steeplechase	Shanghai, CHN	9:29.82
11	2019	3000m Steeplechase	Birmingham, GBR	9:31.07
12	2018	3000m Steeplechase	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	9:40.34

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
13	2019	1500m	World Challenge	Nanjing, CHN	4:09.93

World Cross Country Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
7	Team Cross Country Long Distance	2019	Aarhus, DEN	186
20	Individual Cross Country Long Distance	2019	Aarhus, DEN	38:10

World Indoor Championships

Year	Location	3000m
2018	Birmingham, GBR	11th (9:03.91)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Nickname:

Gen (olympic.ca, 22 Jun 2016)

Occupation:

Athlete, Public Relations Professional

Education:

Environmental Science - University of Guelph, Canada

Family:

Partner John Erik Rasmussen

Languages spoken:

English, French

Coach:

Joel Bourgeois [personal], CAN; Hilary Stellingwerff [personal], CAN

Injuries:

In 2018 she sustained knee and Achilles tendon injuries near the end of her track season. (runningmagazine.ca, 27 Nov 2018)

She has suffered numerous stress fractures during her career. (olympic.ca, 22 Jun 2016)

Start:

She first tried cross-country running at age seven, and began training seriously in her early teenage years. (olympic.ca, 22 Jun 2016)

Reason:

Cross-country running was her introduction to athletics. "My brother ran it first and I told my dad that I wanted to join him. He kept coming home with all of these trophies and I guess I wanted one too. I started running cross-country locally and it's been part of my base training ever since. I consider it my fun running." (runningmagazine.ca, 17 Jan 2020)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (cbc.ca, 01 Oct 2019)

Training:

She trains at the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence at Camosun College in Victoria, BC, Canada. (timescolonist.com, 29 Feb 2020)

Ritual:

She likes to watch a movie before competing. (olympic.ca, 08 Aug 2019)

Philosophy:

"Just have fun." (olympic.ca, 08 Aug 2019)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
She is a spokesperson for a financial services company based in New Brunswick, Canada. (Facebook profile, 02 Jun 2020; LinkedIn profile, 01 Dec 2018)

FURTHER EDUCATION
In addition to her bachelor's degree in environmental science, she has also completed a master's degree in geography at the University of Guelph in British Columbia, Canada. Part of her course involved researching Inuit education in the Arctic regions of Canada. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Dec 2018; lalongen.com, 13 Jul 2016; olympic.ca, 22 Jun 2016)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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