Genevieve Gregson

Genevieve Gregson
Gregson in 2019
Personal information
NicknameGreg
National team Australia
Born (1989-08-04) 4 August 1989 (age 35)
Benowa, Queensland, Australia[1]
EducationUniversity of Florida
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb) (2018)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)3000 metres steeplechase
1500 metres
Marathon
College teamFlorida Gators
Coached byNic Bideau
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
  • 2021 Tokyo
  • 3,000 m, steeplechase, DNF
  • 2024 Paris
  • Marathon, 24th
Personal bests
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Genevieve Gregson (née LaCaze; born 4 August 1989) is an Australian athletics competitor who specialized in the 3000 metre steeplechase but for the 2024 Olympics qualified for and ran 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. She fell, rupturing her Achilles tendon, and was unable to complete the race.[3]

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, she lives in the United States.[6][9]

As of 2012, LaCaze-Gregson is 164 centimetres (65 in) tall and weighs 53 kilograms (117 lb).[6]

  1. ^ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  2. ^ Gleeson, Michael (3 June 2024). "'I never felt safe': Selection fight overshadows Gregson's remarkable switch from steeplechase to Olympic marathon". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. ^ "Athletics GREGSON Genevieve - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d Murdoch, Alex (15 June 2012). "Setting an Olympic qualifying time two days after the deadline may rule Genevieve LaCaze out of London Olympics". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
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  7. ^ a b Kay Dibben; Scott Gullan (17 June 2012). "Steeplechaser Genevieve LaCaze's dashed Olympic dream comes true". Melbourne: Herald Sun. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Gator Women's Track & Field Roster/Bios". GatorZone.com. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
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