Denny Morrison

Denny Morrison

Denny Morrison at the 2013 World Single Distance Championships in Sochi.
Personal information
Born	(1985-09-08) September 8, 1985 (age 31) Chetwynd, British Columbia
Residence	Fort St. John, British Columbia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Speed skating
Medal record Men's speed skating Representing  Canada Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver Team pursuit 2006 Turin Team pursuit 2014 Sochi 1000 m 2014 Sochi 1500 m World Championships 2008 Nagano 1500 m 2012 Heerenveen 1500 m 2007 Salt Lake City 1000 m 2007 Salt Lake City Team pursuit 2009 Vancouver 1000 m 2011 Inzell Team pursuit 2015 Heerenveen 1500 m 2015 Heerenveen Team pursuit 2007 Salt Lake City 1500 m 2008 Nagano 1000 m 2009 Vancouver 1500 m

Denny Morrison (born September 8, 1985) is a Canadian speedskater from Fort St. John, British Columbia. He is an Olympic champion as a member of Canada's men's team pursuit, an event which he also won silver in at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Morrison won his first individual Olympic medal in Sochi when he won a silver in the men's 1000 m after teammate Gilmore Junio selflessly gave up his spot in order for Morrison, who fell at the national qualification event, failed to originally qualify. He won a second individual medal at those games, a bronze in the 1500 m. With four total Olympic medals, Morrison shares the record for the most medals of any Canadian male long track speed skaters along with Gaétan Boucher.

Primarily a middle distance skater in the 1000 and 1500 m events, he held the world record time of 1:42.01 from March 14, 2008, to March 6, 2009, in the 1500 m. The time is still the Canadian record for the distance.

Morrison finished in 4th place in the Junior World Allround Championships in 2004 and 2005, and a 5th place in his first senior World Allround in 2006. He has also won twelve medals at the World Championships, with two gold, six silver, and four bronze medals to his name. Morrison once held the 9th place on the allround best-ever Adelskalender, and is the best Canadian male skater on this list.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Morrison won a silver medal as part of the Canadian men's speed skating pursuit team. Individually, Morrison won a silver in the 1500 m and a bronze in the 1000 m at a World Cup event in Turin in 2005–06. In 2007, Morrison won gold in the 1000 metre event in Calgary in the World Cup finals with a time of 1:07:24. He set a Canadian record, bettering his idol, Jeremy Wotherspoon. In that same weekend, Morrison also won a bronze in the 1500 metre event.

Morrison also participated in the 2007 World Single Distance Championships, and achieved good results, winning three medals, bronze in the 1500 m and silver in the 1000 m, losing both times to Shani Davis. In the team pursuit event he, along with Arne Dankers and Justin Warsylewicz, set an early best time, which broke the old team pursuit world record (previously held by Morrison, Dankers and Steven Elm), but the Dutch team of Sven Kramer, Erben Wennemars and Carl Verheijen would go on to beat the time set by Canada by five-tenths of a second, relegating Canada to 2nd place.