Jean-Simon Desgagnés
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1997-07-26) 26 July 1997
Sport
SportAthletics
Event3000m steeplechase
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)3000m steeplechase: 8:15.58 (Budapest, 2023)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Santiago3000 m steeplechase

Jean-Simon Desgagnés (born 26 July 1998) is a Canadian track and field athlete who became Canadian national champion in the 3000m steeplechase in 2023.[1]

Career

From Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Desgagnés set a 5 km road personal best of 13:59 at Laval University in Quebec August 2020.[2]

He set a new personal best 3000m steeplechase time of 8:20.68 in May 2023, at the Sound Running Track Festival in Walnut, California.[3]

In July 2023, he ran a new personal best in the 3,000 metre steeplechase of 8:17.40 seconds in Székesfehérvár, Hungary.[4] That month he also won his first senior national championship, in the 3000m steeplechase in Langley, British Columbia.[5]

He competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, where he qualified for the final. In the final he finished eighth in a personal best time of 8:15.58.[6][7]

Personal life

From Quebec, he is a medical student training to be a doctor.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Jean-Simon Desgagnés". World Athletics. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  2. ↑ Beland, Gabriel (13 September 2020). "Runner Jean-Simon Desgagnés three seconds from a Quebec record". Lapresse.
  3. ↑ "Jean-Simon Desgagnés s'approche des Jeux de Paris". ici.radio-Canada.ca. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  4. ↑ Harrison, Doug (July 18, 2023). "Jean-Simon Desgagnés runs PB, sets Quebec record and nears world, Olympic standards". cbc.ca. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Lalancette, Mikael (July 28, 2023). "On a roll, Jean-Simon Desgagnés does not want to stop". Le Soleil. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Men's 3000m Steeplechase Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  7. ↑ Boutin, Richard. "En finale du 3000m steeple mardi au championnat mondial à Budapest: l'incroyable parcours de Jean-Simon Desgagnés". JournaldeQuebec. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Jean-Simon Desgagnés in the final of the 3000m steeplechase". euro.dayfr.com. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Meet your 2019-20 Top 8 Academic All-Canadians: Jean-Simon Desgagnés". usports.ca. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
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