18 Facts About Pierce LePage

Pierce LePage was born on January 22,1996 and is a Canadian track athlete who competes in the decathlon.

Pierce LePage is the 2023 World champion, and the first Canadian to win the decathlon title at the World Athletics Championships.

Pierce LePage represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing in fifth place.

Pierce LePage then gained funding through the RBC Training Ground talent identification program in 2016.

In 2017, Pierce LePage attended the Hypo-Meeting for the first time, finishing in seventeenth position, and then won the NACAC Combined Events Championships.

Pierce LePage was named to the Canadian team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games taking place in Gold Coast, Australia.

Pierce LePage then became the focus of the country's medal hopes and scored a personal best 8,171 points to win the silver medal behind Lindon Victor of Grenada.

In June of the 2019 season, Pierce LePage scored 8453 points to win the Decastar meeting in Talence, France, obtaining the qualifying standard for both the Olympics and World Championships.

Pierce LePage dropped to third on the second day, surpassed by Grenada's Victor, and won the bronze medal.

Pierce LePage noted that he was dealing with a knee injury he had incurred at the national championships earlier.

Pierce LePage then made his World Championship debut at the 2019 edition in Doha, and finished fifth in the decathlon event with a score of 8445.

Pierce LePage attended the 2022 Hypo-Meeting but only participated in the 100 metres and the long jump before withdrawing.

At the 2022 World Athletics Championships, Pierce LePage finished the first day of the decathlon in second place, after Warner was forced to withdraw because of a hamstring injury.

At the 2023 Hypo-Meeting, Pierce LePage set new personal bests in both the 100 m and the javelin throw, winning the gold medal in an upset victory over Warner, the seven-time and defending champion.

Pierce LePage began the second day with a new personal best 13.77 in the 110 m hurdles, taking the overall lead from Neugebauer, which he would retain for the remainder of the event, which included his second-best javelin mark ever.

Pierce LePage took the gold medal, the first decathlon win for a Canadian man, and stood on the podium with Warner and Victor.

Pierce LePage was initially projected to be able to recovery in time to participate in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, but was ultimately forced to withdraw from the event in late July.

Pierce LePage said that he would undergo surgery in advance of the 2025 season.