# Rachel Seaman

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{{Short description|Canadian race walker}}
{{use mdy dates|date=July 2022}}
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| birth_name = Rachel Lavallée
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|1|14}}
| birth_place = [Peterborough](/source/Peterborough), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada
| height = 1.72 m
| weight = 57 kg
| spouse = {{marriage|[Tim Seaman](/source/Tim_Seaman)|2009}}
| country = {{CAN}}
| sport = Athletics
| event = [20 km Race Walk](/source/20_kilometres_race_walk)
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'''Rachel Seaman''' ({{nee}} '''Lavallée''', born January 14, 1986, in [Peterborough](/source/Peterborough), [Ontario](/source/Ontario)) is a Canadian [race walker](/source/race_walking). She competed in the [20 kilometres walk event](/source/Athletics_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_20_kilometres_walk) at the [2012 Summer Olympics](/source/2012_Summer_Olympics).

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](/source/2005_Pan_American_Race_Walking_Cup) Junior championship.<ref name=usatf_01>{{cite web |title=2005 Pan American Race Walking Cup - Results |url=http://www.usatf.org/events/2005/PanAmericanRWCup/results.asp |publisher=[IAAF](/source/IAAF) |accessdate=July 19, 2013}}</ref>  Her first experience internationally at the senior level was the [2006 IAAF World Race Walking Cup](/source/2006_IAAF_World_Race_Walking_Cup), which is where she met future husband, American race walker and coach [Tim Seaman](/source/Tim_Seaman).  The couple was married October 31, 2009.  She now lives and trains with him in [Chula Vista, California](/source/Chula_Vista%2C_California).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://racewalk.com/misc/about-us.php|title=Racewalk.com - About Us|website=racewalk.com|accessdate=May 6, 2023}}</ref>

She set her first [Canadian record](/source/Canadian_records_in_athletics) in the 20&nbsp;km walk at the 2011 [USATF](/source/USATF) [Masters](/source/Masters_athletics) Championships, the St. Patrick's Day 20K in [Huntington Beach, California](/source/Huntington_Beach%2C_California).  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](/source/Asian_Race_Walking_Championships) in [Nomi](/source/Nomi%2C_Ishikawa), Japan.  Her split time at 15&nbsp;km is also the national record.<ref>{{cite news |title=Suzuki Breaks 20km Race Walk World Record |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/yusuke-suzuki-20km-race-walk-world-record-jap |publisher=IAAF |date=15 March 2015 |accessdate=15 March 2015}}</ref>  She has also added Canadian Indoor records in the 1 mile walk 6:17.29<ref>{{cite web |url=http://american-trackandfield.com/atf/index.php/news/track-and-field/item/986-eme-news-february-16th-by-alfons-juck-note-by-kevin-mangan |title=EME News February 16th, by Alfons Juck, note by Kevin Mangan |website=american-trackandfield.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402164800/http://american-trackandfield.com/atf/index.php/news/track-and-field/item/986-eme-news-february-16th-by-alfons-juck-note-by-kevin-mangan |archive-date=2015-04-02}}</ref> and 3000 metres walk 12:23.84.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.trackie.com/track-and-field/Articles/|title=Canada track & field news, interviews and more!|website=www.trackie.com|accessdate=May 6, 2023}}</ref>

==Achievements==
* '''1st place''', 2012 National Championships (Calgary, Canada) (Olympic "A" Standard)
* 35th, [20 kilometres walk](/source/2009_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_20_kilometres_walk), [2009 IAAF World Championships in Athletics](/source/2009_IAAF_World_Championships_in_Athletics), Berlin, Germany
* 37th, [20 kilometres walk](/source/2011_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_20_kilometres_walk), 2011 [IAAF World Championships in Athletics](/source/IAAF_World_Championships_in_Athletics) (in Daegu, South Korea)
* 13th, [20 kilometres walk](/source/2015_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_20_kilometres_walk), 2015 [IAAF World Championships in Athletics](/source/IAAF_World_Championships_in_Athletics) (in Beijing, China)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{World Athletics|14267699}}
* {{Athletics Canada|rachel-seaman}}
* {{Team Canada|rachel-seaman}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|rachel-seaman}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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Category:1986 births
Category:Living people
Category:Olympic track and field athletes for Canada
Category:Canadian women race walkers
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Track and field athletes from Ontario
Category:Sportswomen from Ontario
Category:People from Kapuskasing
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada
Category:Pan American Games track and field athletes for Canada
Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen

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