Genevieve Gregson
Australian athletics competitor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Genevieve Gregson (née LaCaze-Gregson; born 4 August 1989) is an Australian athletics competitor who specialized in the 3000 metre steeplechase but for the 2024 Olympics qualified for and was selected to run for Australia in the marathon.[2] She qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and ran 9:26.11 in her Women's 3000m steeplechase heat to qualify for the final. Unfortunately she fell, rupturing her Achilles tendon, and was unable to complete the race.[3]
Personal information | |
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Nickname | Greg |
National team | Australia |
Born | (1989-08-04) 4 August 1989 (age 34) Benowa, Queensland, Australia[1] |
Education | University of Florida |
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) (2018) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 3000 metres steeplechase 1500 metres |
College team | Florida Gators |
Coached by | Nic Bideau |
She is the AR and National record holder in the event with a PB of 9.14.28. She held an athletics scholarship at the University of Florida. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. LaCaze-Gregson is of Franco-Mauritian, Italian and Spanish descent.
Genevieve LaCaze-Gregson, whose nickname is Greg, spent her childhood in Brisbane,[4][5] where she attended Tamborine Mountain State School[6] before going to high school at the John Paul College in Daisy Hill.[4][7][8] She is from Queensland.[4][7][8] She attended the University of Florida,[4][5][8] where she majored in Social and Behavioral Sciences[6][8] from 2009 to 2012.[8] As of 2012[update], she lives in the United States.[6][9]
As of 2012[update], LaCaze-Gregson is 164 centimetres (65 in) tall and weighs 53 kilograms (117 lb).[6]