LEPAGE Pierce

Date of Birth: 22 Jan 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Place of birth: TORONTO, ON

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : WHITBY, ON

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's Decathlon	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's Decathlon 100m - Heat 3	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Long Jump A	Men's Decathlon Long Jump - Group A	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Shot Put A	Men's Decathlon Shot Put - Group A	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - High Jump A	Men's Decathlon High Jump - Group B	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's Decathlon 400m - Heat 3	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's Decathlon 110m Hurdles - Heat 3	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Men's Decathlon Discus Throw - Group B	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Pole Vault B	Men's Decathlon Pole Vault - Group B	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Men's Decathlon Javelin Throw - Group A	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's Decathlon 1500m - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Decathlon
2019	Doha, QAT	5th (8445)

Pan American Games

Year	Location	Decathlon
2019	Lima, PER	3rd (8161)

World Combined Events Challenge

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Decathlon	2019	Talence, FRA	8453
1	Decathlon	2017	Ottawa, ON, CAN	7948
2	Decathlon	2021	Gotzis, AUT	8534
3	Decathlon	2019	Lima, PER	8161
5	Decathlon	2019	Doha, QAT	8445
17	Decathlon	2017	Gotzis, AUT	7894
DNF	Decathlon	2018	Talence, FRA	DNF

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

The Canadian Giant (cbc.ca, 20 Oct 2019)

Playing video games. (olympic.ca, 01 Sep 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Law - York University, Toronto, ON, CAN

Languages spoken:

Gregory Portnoy [personal]

Other sports:

He has competed in professional video gaming competitions. (cbc.ca, 30 Oct 2019)

In 2018 he ended the season with a hamstring tear while competing at an event in France. (Instagram profile, 01 Dec 2018)

He took a break after the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, to recover form an elbow injury. (startingblockcanada.com, 05 Jul 2018)

In 2016 he suffered a torn muscle in his groin. (calgarysun.com, 15 Sep 2019)

He took up triple jump at primary school in Toronto, ON, Canada. He switched to decathlon at age 17. (olympic.ca, 01 Sep 2019)

He started with triple jump at primary school and competed in the discipline until high school, when he decided he wanted to start training in more events. By the end of year 11 he had begun working with coach Gregory Portnoy, who encouraged him to take up octathlon and eventually decathlon. "My whole track and field story is a little weird. I ended up being OK at everything, and one day he [Portnoy] was like, 'Hey, Pierce, you want to do an octathlon?' I didn't know what I was getting myself into." (startingblockcanada.com, 05 Jul 2018; cbc.ca, 11 Apr 2018)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (cbc.ca, 11 Apr 2018)

He trains six days a week and aims to practise two events each day under his personal coach Gregory Portnoy. (Instagram profile, 18 Sep 2019; startingblockcanada.com, 05 Jul 2018; cbc.ca, 11 Apr 2018)

Taking part in the RBC Training Ground talent identification event in Canada in 2016. "That was my breakthrough thing, and I couldn't have got there without this support. I think a lot of kids, especially young athletes, don't necessarily have the support. I think RBC Training Ground shows that support." (calgarysun.com, 15 Sep 2019)

Canadian decathlete Damian Warner. "I'm pretty young, so getting into the international stage and having such a veteran and someone who is as good as Damian kind of lead the way and help me out, I know it's helped me become a better athlete." (cbc.ca, 06 Aug 2019)

Philosophy:

"Hakuna Matata." (olympic.ca, 01 Sep 2019)

In 2019 he was named U Sports field events Male Athlete of the Year in Canada. (olympic.ca, 01 Sep 2019)

In 2019 he was named York University Male Athlete of the Year. (yorkulions.ca, 04 Apr 2019)

General Interest

General
RIO 2016 DISAPPOINTMENT
His failure to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games forced him to focus more on consistency across all 10 disciplines. "In my decathlons previously, one event goes super well, one event goes poorly and screws everything up, but then in Australia this year [2018], nothing went super great but nothing went super bad so it was a consistent score. Usually if you're doing that in the decathlon, you end up with a good score. Being consistent in all 10 events, and if something goes wrong you don't beat yourself up over it, you just keep going onto the next event." (startingblockcanada.com, 05 Jul 2018; cbc.ca, 11 Apr 2018)

PROFESSIONAL VIDEO GAMER
He has competed as a professional video gamer, and still enjoys playing video games when not training. "If I'm not training, I'm playing video games. That's what I did before track, and that's what I do when I'm not on the track. I'm a huge advocate for E-sports. I think it's the future. [My] true off-season goal [is to be among the] masters in League of Legends, [the] top 0.1% in North America. I am a gaming warlord." (Instagram profile, 18 Nov 2019; cbc.ca, 20 Oct 2019; cbc.ca, 11 Apr 2018)

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Legend

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

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