Guillaume Ouellet Explained

Guillaume Ouellet
Birth Date:October 3, 1986
Birth Place:Sorel-Tracy, Canada
Residence:Victoriaville, Canada
Disability:Visual impairment
Disability Class:T13
Club:Club Citius
Coach:Dany Racine

Guillaume Ouellet (born October 3, 1986) is a Canadian para-athlete competing in T13 middle and long-distance races.[1]

Career history

Ouellet began took up athletics in 2011 at college. In 2013 he was selected to represent Canada at the 2013 World Championships in Lyon in the 1500 metres race, finishing fourth.[2] Two years later he was back in the Canadian team to compete at his second World Championships, this time in Doha. He competed in both the 1,500m and 5,000m, winning gold in the latter, with a time of 15:07.64.[2]

At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships held in London, United Kingdom he won the bronze medal in the men's 5000 metres T13 event.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ouellet, Guillaume. official website London 2012. 30 August 2016.
  2. Web site: Ouellet, Guillaume. IPC. 30 August 2016. September 11, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160911050140/https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=1102980. dead.
  3. Web site: Men's 5000 metres T13. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200719092030/https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/resLO2017/pdf/LO2017/AT/LO2017_AT_C73G_ATM510101.pdf. 19 July 2020. 19 July 2020. 2017 World Para Athletics Championships.