OUELLET Guillaume

Date of Birth: 3 Oct 1986

Age: 34

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T13

Place of birth: SOREL, QC

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : VICTORIAVILLE, QC

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 5000m - T13	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 5000m - T13 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
4	5000m - T13	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	14:54.07
9	1500m - T13	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	3:57.98
World Championships
1	5000m - T13	2015	Doha, QAT	15:07.64
3	5000m - T13	2017	London, GBR	14:23.24
4	5000m - T13	2019	Dubai, UAE	14:45.63
4	1500m - T13	2013	Lyon, FRA	4:05.10
6	1500m - T13	2015	Doha, QAT	3:58.95
8	1500m - T13	2017	London, GBR	3:59.10

Occupation:

Accounting, Management - CEGEP de Victoriaville, Canada

Son Alex-Antoine [2014]

Languages spoken:

English, French

Dany Racine [personal], CAN, from 2020

Other sports:

He has competed in cross-country running for Laval University in Quebec, QC, Canada. (paralympic.ca, 01 Jan 2016)

2013 for Canada (Athlete, 16 Aug 2017)

He was out of action for a year with tendinitis in both hamstrings leading up to the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. He returned to win gold in the T13 5000m. (lanouvelle.net, 26 Jul 2019; sportcom.qc.ca, 24 Aug 2019)

He took up the sport in January 2010. "I started running just to be in better shape, and I wanted to break the 40-minute mark on the 10km run." (Athlete, 16 Aug 2017)

He formed an ambition to become a Paralympian immediately after being diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa. "As soon as I got out of the doctor's office, I started dreaming about the Paralympics. At that time the dream began and a couple of years after that I started to train with that goal in mind. At first it would push me in training to put in all the effort to reach my dream and that's what I did in 2016." (Gifuspo YouTube channel, 20 Nov 2020; Athlete, 16 Aug 2017)

US distance runner Steve Prefontaine. (Athlete, 16 Aug 2017)

His first track coach Jacques Hince. (Athlete, 16 Aug 2017)

Philosophy:

"When you work hard, good things will come." (Athlete, 16 Aug 2017)

General Interest

Classification
T13, F13 (IPC, 03 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Impairment Details
He has retinitis pigmentosa. (montrealendurance.com, 02 Jul 2012; lanouvelle.net, 09 May 2012)

General
NEW COACH
In September 2020 he announced that he had begun working with coach Dany Racine ahead of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. He had previously been coached by Felix-Antoine Lapointe since 2013. "Dany already coaches several athletes from my region and is the assistant where I trained in Quebec City [Canada]. I've known Dany for a long time. It's a big change, but I can't wait to see what happens. There are a few reasons for my decision. I've always believed in the benefits of group training. The group was split in two. I was still with Felix, and Dany was taking care of the other group. For me, his group helped me much more than Felix's. I have also always liked Dany's approach. He is laid-back and patient. His training philosophy suits me a little more and I wanted to try something new. It's a new lease of life for an important year." (lanouvelle.net, 24 Sep 2020)

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Legend

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

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