{"id":105197,"date":"2015-07-07T16:01:02","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T20:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olympique.ca\/?post_type=athletes&#038;p=105197"},"modified":"2021-10-22T14:25:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T18:25:04","slug":"matthew-hughes","status":"publish","type":"athletes","link":"https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/matthew-hughes\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Hughes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Les d\u00e9buts de Matt Hughes aux Jeux <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">olympiques \u00e0 Rio se sont av\u00e9r\u00e9s d&rsquo;autant plus m\u00e9morables qu&rsquo;il a fini 10e, le meilleur r\u00e9sultat jamais obtenu par le Canada au 3000 m steeplechase chez les hommes. Hughes a ensuite am\u00e9lior\u00e9 ce r\u00e9sultat historique du Canada \u00e0 Tokyo 2020 en terminant sixi\u00e8me \u00e0 la finale du 3000m steeplechase. Sa premi\u00e8re sortie \u00e0 titre d&rsquo;olympien, Hughes l&rsquo;attendait depuis longtemps puisque celui-ci a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 ses premiers Championnats du monde de World Athletics en 2011,\u00a0 mais n&rsquo;a pas r\u00e9alis\u00e9 les crit\u00e8res de qualification olympique requis en vue de Londres 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cette d\u00e9ception est vite devenue sa plus grande source de motivation. Aux Championnats du monde de World Athletics de 2013, il a r\u00e9\u00e9crit le record canadien de l\u2019\u00e9preuve du 3000 m steeplechase en terminant au sixi\u00e8me\u00a0rang.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Son chrono de 8:11,64 remplace celui de 8:12,58 de Graeme Fell qui tenait depuis 1985. Apr\u00e8s avoir rat\u00e9 de peu le podium des Jeux du Commonwealth en 2014, Matt a atteint la plus haute marche de l\u2019\u00e9preuve du 3000 m steeplechase aux Jeux panam\u00e9ricains devant son co\u00e9quipier Alex Genest. Il a accompagn\u00e9 cette victoire d\u2019une huiti\u00e8me place aux Championnats du monde de World Athletics de 2015. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hughes a prolong\u00e9 sa s\u00e9quence de participations cons\u00e9cutives aux Championnats du monde de World Athletics en 2017 quand il a fini sixi\u00e8me \u00e0 Londres. T\u00f4t en 2018, Hughes a pris la quatri\u00e8me place aux Jeux du Commonwealth \u00e0 Gold Coast.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">En 2010, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 sacr\u00e9 premier champion de la NCAA d\u2019athl\u00e9tisme \u00e0 l\u2019ext\u00e9rieur de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Louisville. En 2011, il a d\u00e9fendu avec brio son titre de champion de la NCAA au 3000 m steeplechase.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hughes est six fois champion canadien (2013 \u00e0 2015 et 2017 \u00e0 2019).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>\u00c0 propos de Matt<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>D\u00e9buts :<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Il a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 faire de la course sur piste en troisi\u00e8me ann\u00e9e parce qu\u2019il aimait sortir de l\u2019\u00e9cole et \u00eatre le premier arriv\u00e9 au terrain de jeu. Il a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 se consacrer \u00e0 la course d\u2019obstacles \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cole secondaire.\u00a0<\/span><b>Autres int\u00e9r\u00eats :<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Il aime faire la sieste et jouer au hockey et au golf\u2026 En 2012, il a obtenu son baccalaur\u00e9at en enseignement et sciences du sport de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Louisville. <\/span><b>De tout et de rien\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Il a conserv\u00e9 les dossards de toutes ses courses. Son dicton favori : \u00ab\u00a0Rien ne remplace le travail\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Les d\u00e9buts de Matt Hughes aux Jeux olympiques \u00e0 Rio se sont av\u00e9r\u00e9s d&rsquo;autant plus m\u00e9morables qu&rsquo;il a fini 10e, le meilleur r\u00e9sultat jamais obtenu par le Canada au 3000 m steeplechase chez les hommes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":188479,"template":"","tags":[415987411,415984548,1104411,482292,727526,713425,52037057,57868344,20292794],"hof-categories":[],"year-inducted":[],"gender":[42123],"season":[415983968],"sport":[48770],"game":[415984561,193413370,334881982],"team":[415983070,682163182,415982968],"event":[181823697],"province":[415983158],"class_list":["post-105197","athletes","type-athletes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-3000-m-steeplechase","tag-athletisme","tag-equipe-canada","tag-matt-hughes","tag-matthew-hughes","tag-rio-2016","tag-to2015","tag-tokyo-2020","tag-toronto-2015","gender-masculin","season-ete","sport-athletisme","game-2016-rio","game-tokyo-2020","game-2015-toronto","team-rio-2016-athletisme","team-tokyo-2020-athletisme","team-toronto-2015-athletisme","event-steeple-3-000-m-hommes","province-ontario"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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