Andre de Grasse
De Grasse at the 2016 Olympics
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| Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
November 10, 1994 Scarborough, Ontario |
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| Residence | Markham, Ontario | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running, Track and Field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Sprints | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | USC Trojans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Puma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Tony Sharpe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) |
60m: 6.60, Lincoln, 2015 100m: 9.91s, Rio de Janeiro, 2016 200m: 19.80s NR, Rio de Janeiro, 2016 |
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Andre De Grasse (born November 10, 1994) is a Canadian sprinter. He won the silver medal in the 200 m and bronze medals in both the 100 m and 4 × 100 m relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. De Grasse is the reigning Pan American champion in the 100 m and 200 m. He is also the reigning NCAA men's champion in the 100 m and 200 m and current Canadian record holder in the 200 m. De Grasse won the bronze in the 100 m and the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2015 World Track and Field Championships in Beijing.
De Grasse is the first Canadian sprinter to win three medals in a single Olympics. His feat bettered the two medals in a single Olympics that were won by Canadian legends Donovan Bailey and Percy Williams.
Andre De Grasse was born in Scarborough, Ontario. His mother Beverley De Grasse was a high school sprinter in Trinidad and Tobago before she moved to Canada at age 26. His father, Alexander Waithe, moved from Barbados to Canada as a teenager.
Raised in Markham, Ontario, he went to St. Marguerite Bourgeoys Catholic Elementary School in Scarborough from kindergarten to the second grade and later transferred to Mother Teresa Catholic Elementary School in Markham to continue until grade eight where he won his first race in 2006. He also attended Father Michael McGivney Catholic Academy and Milliken Mills High School. De Grasse is a Roman Catholic having been influenced by his mother's faith. He has the word "hope" and a prayer tattooed on his arm.
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