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]
Representing and | |||||
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1991 | Pan American Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 5th | 100 m hurdles | 14.14 |
4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 46.29 | |||
1992 | World Junior Championships | Seoul, South Korea | 30th (qf) | 100 m | 12.18 (+0.4 m/s) |
4th | 100 m hurdles | 13.73 (+1.0 m/s) | |||
10th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.84 | |||
1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 24th (h) | 60 m hurdles | 8.43 |
bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Medley relay | 3:56.34 | ||
Universiade | Buffalo, United States | 5th | 100 m hurdles | 13.53 | |
World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 34th (h) | 100 m hurdles | 13.51 | |
9th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.36 | |||
1994 | Jeux de la Francophonie | Bondoufle, France | 15th (sf) | 100 m | 12.07 |
11th (h) | 100 m hurdles | 13.68 | |||
– | 4 × 100 m relay | DNF | |||
1995 | Universiade | Fukuoka, Japan | 29th (qf) | 100 m | 12.26 |
16th (h) | 100 m hurdles | 13.84 | |||
8th | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.84 | |||
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 33rd (h) | 100 m hurdles | 13.29 |
1997 | Universiade | Catania, Italy | 8th | 100 m hurdles | 13.68 |
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.59 | |||
1999 | Universiade | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | 9th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.51 |
2001 | Jeux de la Francophonie | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | 6th | 100 m hurdles | 13.28 |
Universiade | Beijing, China | – | 100 m hurdles | DNF |