Bruce William Deacon (born December 5, 1966) is a former Canadianlong-distance runner, notably in the full marathon. Deacon was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Deacon competed in the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics. He placed 11th and 16th respectively at the World Athletics Championships in 1995 and 1997. Deacon was the first two-time winner and is currently the only three-time winner of the California International Marathon (in 1991, 1995, and 2001), as well as 8th, 6th, and 4th-place finishes in 1990, 1998, and 2002 respectively. At the 2002 event, he set a personal best with a time of 2:13:18.[1] Deacon claimed the silver medal in the marathon at the 2003 Pan American Games. Now retired from competing internationally, Bruce is a coach and sport consultant, working for Run Fast Consulting Inc. [2]
AchievementsEdit
All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise.
bruce, deacon, bruce, william, deacon, born, december, 1966, former, canadian, long, distance, runner, notably, full, marathon, deacon, born, ottawa, ontario, canada, deacon, competed, marathon, 1996, summer, olympics, 2000, summer, olympics, placed, 11th, 16t. Bruce William Deacon born December 5 1966 is a former Canadian long distance runner notably in the full marathon Deacon was born in Ottawa Ontario Canada Deacon competed in the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics He placed 11th and 16th respectively at the World Athletics Championships in 1995 and 1997 Deacon was the first two time winner and is currently the only three time winner of the California International Marathon in 1991 1995 and 2001 as well as 8th 6th and 4th place finishes in 1990 1998 and 2002 respectively At the 2002 event he set a personal best with a time of 2 13 18 1 Deacon claimed the silver medal in the marathon at the 2003 Pan American Games Now retired from competing internationally Bruce is a coach and sport consultant working for Run Fast Consulting Inc 2 Achievements EditAll results regarding marathon unless stated otherwise Year Competition Venue Position NotesRepresenting nbsp Canada1991 California International Marathon California State Capitol United States 1st 2 15 161995 California International Marathon California State Capitol United States 1st 2 13 59World Championships Gothenburg Sweden 11th 2 16 581996 Olympic Games Atlanta United States 39th 2 19 561997 World Championships Athens Greece 16th 2 20 291999 World Championships Seville Spain 27th 2 20 252000 National Capital Marathon Ottawa Ontario Canada 1st 2 17 12 5Olympic Games Sydney Australia 44th 2 21 382001 California International Marathon California State Capitol United States 1st 2 22 12World Championships Edmonton Alberta Canada 46th 2 30 222002 California International Marathon California State Capitol United States 4th 2 13 18References Edit Hat Trick by Bruce Deacon at the California International Marathon Archived February 15 2013 at the Wayback Machine An Interview with Canadian Marathon Legend Bruce Deacon Archived from the original on 2016 03 03 Retrieved 2013 03 14 External links EditIAAF Profile for Bruce Deacon Bruce Deacon at World Athletics Bruce Deacon at the International Olympic Committee Bruce Deacon at Team Canada Bruce Deacon at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to Canadian athletics and track and field is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bruce Deacon amp oldid 1156350854, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
