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François Lapointe | |
Birth Date: | 23 August 1961 |
Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec |
Height: | 1.82m (05.97feet) |
Weight: | 73kg (161lb) |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Racewalking |
Updated: | 25 July 2013 |
François Lapointe (born August 23, 1961 in Montreal, Quebec) is a retired male racewalker from Canada. He set his personal best in the men's 20 km race walk event (1:23:50) in 1987.
Representing | ||||||
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1982 | Brisbane, Australia | 5th | 30 km | 2:17:02 | ||
1983 | Edmonton, Canada | 7th | 20 km | 1:26:43 | ||
World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | - | 20 km | DNF | ||
6th | 50 km | 3:53:57 | ||||
Edmonton, Canada | – | 50 km | DNF | |||
1984 | Olympic Games[1] | Los Angeles, United States | 11th | 20 km | 1:27:06 | |
- | 50 km | DSQ | ||||
Pan American Race Walking Cup | Bucaramanga, Colombia | - | 20 km | DSQ | ||
1985 | Kobe, Japan | 14th | 20 km | 1:34:59 | ||
1986 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 20th | 20 km | 1:29:11 | ||
Edinburgh, United Kingdom | - | 30 km | DSQ | |||
Pan American Race Walking Cup | Saint Léonard, Canada | 6th | 50 km | 4:20:35 | ||
1987 | World Race Walking Cup | New York City, United States | 12th | 50 km | 3:52:38 | |
Zagreb, Yugoslavia | – | 20 km | DNF | |||
World Championships | Rome, Italy | 33rd | 20 km | 1:29.22 | ||
13th | 50 km | 3:56:11 | ||||
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 14th | 50 km | 3:48:15 | |
1990 | Auckland, New Zealand | 4th | 30 km | 2:12:41 |