GREGSON Genevieve

Date of Birth: 4 Aug 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Female

Place of birth: BENOWA, QLD

Birth Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

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

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 3000m Steeplechase Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 3000m Steeplechase Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	5000m	3000m SC
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	12th (15:10.35)	9th (9:21.21)
2012	London, GBR	-	1R (9:37.90)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	3000m SC
2019	Doha, QAT	10th (9:23.84)
2017	London, GBR	12th (9:26.25)
2015	Beijing, CHN	Heats (9:39.35)

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

Year	3000m	5000m	3000m SC
2021	-	-	1 x 6th, 1 x 7th, 1 x 12th
2020	1 x 15th	1 x 8th	-
2018	1 x 13th, 1 x 16th	-	-
2017	1 x 13th	-	1 x 13th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
6	2021	3000m Steeplechase	Monaco, MON	9:17.81
7	2021	3000m Steeplechase	Stockholm, SWE	9:23.24
8	2020	5000m	Monaco, MON	15:38.22
12	2021	3000m Steeplechase	Doha, QAT	9:35.27
13	2018	3000m	Birmingham, GBR	8:50.19
13	2017	3000m	Birmingham, GBR	8:53.48
13	2017	3000m Steeplechase	Doha, QAT	9:37.10
15	2020	3000m	Doha, QAT	9:07.40
16	2018	3000m	Doha, QAT	9:31.14

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
7	2020	3000m Steeplechase	World Athletics Continental Tour	Nairobi, KEN	10:11.18
9	2020	5000m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Ostrava, CZE	15:24.33
10	2021	10,000m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Hengelo, NED	32:11.89

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2018	3000m Steeplechase	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	9:23.69
5	2017	3000m Steeplechase	World Challenge	Zagreb, CRO	9:29.13
6	2019	2000m Steeplechase	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	6:09.48
6	2017	3000m Steeplechase	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	9:24.52
11	2018	3000m	World Challenge	Zagreb, CRO	8:49.38

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

Gen (bellelap.com, 10 Jan 2016)

Previous names:

Genevieve LaCaze

Occupation:

Human Movement Studies, Physiology - University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Husband Ryan Gregson

Languages spoken:

Gold Coast Victory [AUS] / Melbourne Track Club [AUS]

Nic Bideau [Melbourne], AUS

Sporting relatives:

Her husband Ryan Gregson represented Australia in the 1500m at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 15 Jun 2020; illawarramercury.com.au, 07 Apr 2020)

A foot injury ruled her out for the majority of 2019. (gq.com.au, 06 Feb 2020)

She struggled with an Achilles tendon injury in 2018. (athletesvoice.com.au, 30 Sep 2019)

She missed the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, Russian Federation, after suffering a broken ankle when she fell at the 2013 Diamond League event in Birmingham, England. (brisbanetimes.com.au, 04 Aug 2014; news.com.au, 06 Jul 2013)

She began running when she was in year five of school in Australia, and took up steeplechase in 2008 at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL, United States of America. (athletestalk.com, 30 Apr 2013; newbalance.com.au, 19 Jan 2013)

The athletics team at the University of Florida needed someone to fill the steeplechase spot so she decided she would try it. (athletestalk.com, 30 Apr 2013)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (gq.com.au, 06 Feb 2020)

In addition to her training runs she completes three gym sessions a week and five hours of pool running. (gq.com.au, 06 Feb 2020)

Australian distance runners Benita Willis and Craig Mottram. (thefeteblog.com, 27 Jun 2013)

Philosophy:

"I always step up to an occasion. I think the more pressure I feel, the more likely I am to perform." (athletesvoice.com.au, 01 Mar 2019)

While competing for the University of Florida in the United States of America, she was named 2012 South Region Women's Track Athlete of the Year by the US Track and Field and Cross-Country Coaches Association [USTFCCCA]. The same year she was also named Southeastern Conference Co-Women's Runner of the Year. (milesplit.com, 05 Jun 2012; floridagators.com, 01 May 2012)

General Interest

General
RETURN FROM INJURY
While sidelined with a foot injury in 2019 a doctor told her that she would have to end her career. However, she was persuaded to continue athletics by her husband Ryan. "My husband was really good and sat there with me and said, 'Look, running is more to you than competition. You don't just do it to win a medal, you also love it and you do it because it's truly your passion'. He said, 'What's the alternative? Are you going to just give up and never run again, is that the alternative?' And I thought about it, and it was. You either quit, or you keep going. That really put it into perspective. It wasn't the end of the world. There were other ways around it, and I just found another way and made my body stronger than ever over a longer period of time to be here now in February [2020], in the Olympic year, in the best shape of my life." (gq.com.au, 06 Feb 2020)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/genevievelacaze
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/genevievelacazefanpage
https://instagram.com/gengen_lacaze
https://twitter.com/GenGen_LaCaze
Athlete Website: http://genevievelacaze.com

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
DNF:: Did not finish

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