2019 Golden Shoe Awards: Runner of the Year–Gabriela DeBues-Stafford
DeBues-Stafford is our very well deserved recipient of Canadian runner of the year
Gabriela DeBues-Stafford made it easy for us here at Canadian Running, as the obvious choice for Runner of the Year. In 2019, DeBues-Stafford broke eight Canadian records.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3VVL5Rnw6Q/
RELATED: Gabriela DeBues-Stafford is part of a historic era in women’s running
In Glasgow in early January, she started her season off by breaking the Canadian indoor 5,000m record, posting a 14:57.45. A few weeks later, DeBues-Stafford set another national indoor record, this time in the mile, running 4:24.80. Next up, the Stockholm Diamond League in May, where she broke the national outdoor 5,000m record in her first-ever outdoor 5,000m race.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3QcXPpn1S6/
RELATED: Gabriela DeBues-Stafford smashes Canadian indoor 5,000m record
The runner set an outdoor mile record in Monaco, then ran to a 1,500m national record in London only to better that in Switzerland one month later. In Brussels, she broke her own 5,000m record from earlier in the summer. DeBues-Stafford finished her season the way she started it, breaking yet another record, once again in the 1,500m–this time at the world championships in Doha, where she placed sixth in a time of 3:56.12.
With every passing race, DeBues-Stafford looks to be one of Canada’s best hopes at a medal in Tokyo this summer, but for now we’re not concerned with 2020–we’re too busy celebrating our Runner of the Year and her 2019 season.
Check out the latest buyer's guide:
