Gaël Pencreach (born 5 August 1977 in

Le Creusot Le Creusot () is a Communes of France, commune and industrial town in the Saône-et-Loire Departments of France, department, Regions of France, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, eastern France. The inhabitants are known as Creusotins. Formerl ...

) is a retired

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athlete who specialised in the

3000 metres steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually Abbreviation, abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase (athletics), steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 met ...

. He represented his country at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

placing 14th in the final.

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000 m sho ...

– 7:58.73 (Villeneuve-d'Ascq 2002) *

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a sta ...

– 15:12.05 (Albuquerque 2002) *

– 8:13.16 (Saint-Denis 1999) Indoor *

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...

– 3:48.49 (Mondeville 2005) *

– 7:57.03 (Liévin 1999)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pencreach, Gael 1977 births Living people French male steeplechase runners Olympic athletes for France Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Le Creusot Athletes from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté World Athletics Championships athletes for France Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games French Athletics Championships winners 20th-century French sportsmen