Sonia Paquette Explained

Sonia Paquette (born 7 February 1973 in Saint-Janvier-de-Joly, Quebec[1]) is a Canadian retired track and field athlete who specialised in the 100 metres hurdles. She represented her country at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 1993 World Championships without qualifying for the semifinals.

She has personal bests of 13.11 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (1996) and 8.26 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Ghent 1999).

She also took part in surf lifesaving competitions.[2]

Competition record

Representing and
1991Pan American Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica5th100 m hurdles14.14
4th4 × 100 m relay46.29
1992World Junior ChampionshipsSeoul, South Korea30th (qf)100 m12.18 (+0.4 m/s)
4th100 m hurdles13.73 (+1.0 m/s)
10th (h)4 × 100 m relay45.84
1993World Indoor ChampionshipsToronto, Ontario, Canada24th (h)60 m hurdles8.43
bgcolor=silver2ndMedley relay3:56.34
UniversiadeBuffalo, United States5th100 m hurdles13.53
World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany34th (h)100 m hurdles13.51
9th (h)4 × 100 m relay44.36
1994Jeux de la FrancophonieBondoufle, France15th (sf)100 m12.07
11th (h)100 m hurdles13.68
4 × 100 m relayDNF
1995UniversiadeFukuoka, Japan29th (qf)100 m12.26
16th (h)100 m hurdles13.84
8th4 × 100 m relay45.84
1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States33rd (h)100 m hurdles13.29
1997UniversiadeCatania, Italy8th100 m hurdles13.68
3rd4 × 100 m relay44.59
1999UniversiadePalma de Mallorca, Spain9th (sf)100 m hurdles13.51
2001Jeux de la FrancophonieOttawa, Ontario, Canada6th100 m hurdles13.28
UniversiadeBeijing, China100 m hurdlesDNF

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418092942/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/sonia-paquette-1.html Sports-Reference profile
  2. Web site: Sonia Paquette – Sports Medicine.