Priscilla Lopes-Schliep

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Priscilla Lopes-Schliep
2012-06-07 Bislett Games Priscilla Lopes-Schliep.jpg
Lopes-Schliep at the 2012 Bislett Games
Personal information
Birth namePriscilla Lopes
NationalityFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Born (1982-08-26) 26 August 1982 (age 41)
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Home town Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Spouse
Bronsen Schliep
(m. 2007)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Summer Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Beijing 100 m hurdles
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Berlin 100 m hurdles
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Doha 60 m hurdles

Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (born 26 August 1982) is a Canadian retired hurdler in track and field athletic competition. She was born in Scarborough, Ontario, and currently lives in Whitby.

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Personal

Priscilla Lopes-Schliep during 2010 Memorial Van Damme Priscilla Lopes-Schliep-cropped.jpg
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep during 2010 Memorial Van Damme

Born in Scarborough, Ontario, Lopes-Schliep's heritage is Guyanese and Portuguese. [1] She is the first cousin of soccer player Dwayne De Rosario. [2]

Lopes-Schliep attended the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. She married former University of Nebraska basketball player Bronsen Schliep in the fall of 2007. They currently reside in Toronto, where he practices dentistry.

Career

In 2004 Priscilla became the 2004 NCAA Indoor Champion in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 7.82 as her personal best. [3] Lopes-Schliep won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in women's 100 m hurdles. [4] It was the first medal for Canada in Athletics at the Summer Olympics since the 1996 Games [5] and the first medal for a Canadian woman in Olympic track and field since the 1992 Games. [6]

At the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, Lopes-Schliep won a silver medal in the 100 m hurdles in Berlin, Germany, in a time of 12.54s. [7] [8] She failed to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics, having finished 7th in the 100m hurdles at the 2012 Canadian Olympic trials for track and field after she struck a hurdle and fell. [9]

Genetics

Lopes-Schliep has the LMNA R482W gene mutation, and was diagnosed with Dunnigan-type Lipodystrophy. The diagnosis came from DIY research conducted by Jill Viles, an Iowa mother without any medical training but who had Emery–Dreifuss muscular dystrophy and who spotted physical similarities between herself and Lopes-Schliep, and encouraged her to undergo genetic testing. The results confirmed Dunnigan-type Lipodystrophy, and alerted Lopes-Schliep to a potential pancreatitis attack due to the high levels of fat in her blood, though this was avoided by modifying her diet. [10] [11]

Personal bests

EventTime (sec)VenueDate
50 metres hurdles 6.82 Stockholm, Sweden21 February 2008
55 metres hurdles 7.51 Fresno, California, United States21 January 2008
60 metres hurdles 7.82 Stuttgart, Germany6 February 2010
100 metres hurdles 12.49 Brussels, Belgium4 September 2009
60 metres 7.23 Lincoln, Nebraska, United States26 February 2005
100 metres 11.44 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada19 July 2003
200 metres (indoor)23.50 Lincoln, Nebraska, United States25 February 2006

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