Rachel Seaman ( Lavallée, born January 14, 1986, in

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) is a Canadian

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. She competed in the 20 kilometres walk event at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. She began race walking at age 14 but decided to focus on the event at 18. A year later, she won the

2005 Pan American Race Walking Cup The 2005 Pan American Race Walking Cup was held in Lima, Perú on 7–8 May. The track of the Cup runs in the Avenida Augusto Pérez Aranibar. A detailed report was given by Eduardo Biscayart. Complete results were published. Medallists ...

Junior championship. Her first experience internationally at the senior level was the

2006 IAAF World Race Walking Cup he 2006 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 13 and 14 May 2006 in the streets of A Coruña, Spain. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results was given for the IAAF. Complete results were published. M ...

, which is where she met future husband, American race walker and coach

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. She set her first Canadian record in the 20 km walk at the 2011

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Masters Championships, the St. Patrick's Day 20K in

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. As she has improved her personal best, she has improved the record several times. Her current record is 1:29:54, set March 15, 2015, at the

Asian Race Walking Championships The Asian Race Walking Championships is an annual race walking competition for athletes representing countries from Asia, organized by the Asian Athletics Association (AAA). It was established in 2006 and has featured races for senior men (20&nbs ...

in Nomi, Japan. Her split time at 15 km is also the national record. She has also added Canadian Indoor records in the 1 mile walk 6:17.29 and 3000 metres walk 12:23.84.

Achievements

* 1st place, 2012 National Championships (Calgary, Canada) (Olympic "A" Standard) * 35th,

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2009 IAAF World Championships in Athletics The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg ...

, Berlin, Germany * 37th,

, 2011

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(in Daegu, South Korea) * 13th,

, 2015

(in Beijing, China)

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* * * * * 1986 births Living people Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Canadian female racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Track and field athletes from Ontario People from Kapuskasing Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada Pan American Games track and field athletes for Canada {{DEFAULTSORT:Seaman, Rachel