STAFFORD Lucia

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
5	2021	1500m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Walnut, CA, USA	4:05.30
6	2021	1500m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Eugene, OR, USA	4:08.25

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

Art, painting, singing, playing guitar. (olympic.ca, 01 Jan 2021)

Engineer

Civil Engineering - University of Toronto, Canada

English

Terry Radchenko [personal]

Her older sister Gabriela Debues-Stafford has represented Canada in athletics, and competed in 1500m at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Her father James Stafford represented Canada at the cross-country running world championships. (SportsDeskOnline, 28 Jul 2021; University of Toronto Facebook page, 23 Jul 2021; athleticsillustrated.com, 01 Jun 2021; olympic.ca, 01 Jan 2021)

She competed in cross-country running for the University of Toronto in Canada. (athletics.ca, 12 Jun 2021)

In November 2019 she underwent surgery to remove a thyroid gland as a result of an immune system condition called Grave's Disease. She was originally diagnosed with the impairment during high school. (olympic.ca, 01 Jan 2021)

She joined a cross-country team in grade four and began running for a club in grade eight. (olympic.ca, 01 Jan 2021)

She originally trained in Irish dancing before switching to athletics. (olympic.ca, 01 Jan 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Outside of sport she would like to pursue a career as an architect or urban planner. (olympic.ca, 01 Jan 2021)

Qualifying for the 1500m event at the 2020 Olympic Games. (Instagram profile, 03 Jul 2021; athletics.ca, 03 Jul 2021)

She likes to eat pasta the night before a race. She also competes with either a bow, scrunchy or braids in her hair. (olympic.ca, 01 Jan 2021)

"Respect all, fear none." (olympic.ca, 01 Jan 2021)

She was named Ontario University Athletics [OUA] Female Athlete of the Year and University of Toronto Cross-Country Female Athlete of the Year for the 2019/20 season. (athletics.ca, 12 Jun 2021; olympic.ca, 01 Jan 2021)

She was named University of Toronto Female Rookie Athlete of the Year for the 2016/17 season. (athletics.ca, 12 Jun 2021)