Priscilla Lopes-Schliep

Priscilla Lopes-Schliep

Priscilla Lopes-Schliep at the 2012 Bislett Games
Personal information
Full name	Priscilla Lopes-Schliep
Nationality	Canada
Born	(1982-08-26) 26 August 1982 (age 34) Scarborough, Ontario
Residence	Whitby, Ontario
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Canada Summer Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 100 m hurdles World Championships 2009 Berlin 100 m hurdles World Indoor Championships 2010 Doha 60 m hurdles

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

Born in Canada, her heritage is Guyanese and Portuguese. She is the first cousin of soccer player Dwayne De Rosario.

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.

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

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. 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.