Andrea Seccafien
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Seccafien at the 2016 Olympics
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| Born | August 27, 1990 Guelph, Ontario |
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| Height | 155 cm (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||
| Weight | 47 kg (104 lb) | |||||||||
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| Country |  Canada |
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||
| Event(s) | 1500 m, 5000 m | |||||||||
| Club | University of Toronto Track Club[1] | |||||||||
| Coached by | Ross Ristuccia[2] | |||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 1500 – 4:10.70 (2016) 5,000 m – 14:57.07 (2021) 10,000 m – 31:13.94 (2021) Half marathon –1:09:38 (2020) [3] |
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Andrea Seccafien (born August 27, 1990, in Guelph, Ontario) is a Canadian long-distance runner, who mostly competes in the 5000 m event.[3][4]
In 2010, Seccafien enrolled to the Samford University in the United States. After two years, she transferred to the University of Guelph in Canada to study economics and political sciences. In 2013, she won the national 5000 m title at the Canadian Championships.[5] She missed the 2015 season due to a foot injury.[2] In May 2016, she ran a personal best of 15:17.81 and qualified for the 2016 Olympics. In July 2016, she was officially named to the Canadian Olympic team.[6]
She represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7][8] In 2021, Seccafien beat the Canadian record for 10,000 m at the Sound Running Track Meet with a time of 31:13.94.[9] She finished 15th in the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 5000 metres.
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- ↑ Andrea Seccafien Archived 2016-09-19 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Andrea Seccafien. Olympic.ca.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Andrea Seccafien. Iaaf.org. Retrieved on 2016-08-23.
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External links
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- Andrea Seccafien on Instagram
- EP 145. Andrea Seccafien 28 January 2023 Women Run Canada podcast
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