Andre De Grasse
Sport
Track & Field
Country
Canada
USC Affiliation
Lettered 2015
Olympic Experience
'16 (S,B,B), '20 (G,S,B)
USC:
· USC record-holder in the 100m (9.92) and second in the 200m (19.88)…left school holding the record in both…broke the 35-year-old records of James Sanford
· Won the 2015 NCAA titles in the 100m and 200m dashes with the fastest collegiate 200m time under all-conditions ever of 19.58w and second-fastest all-condition 100m of 9.75w…also 4th in the 4x100m relay
· Became the first Trojan to win the 100m-200m double since Clancy Edwards in 1978 and the first collegian since Walter Dix in 2007.
· Won the Pac-12 100m and 200m titles and ran on USC’s winning 4x100m relay…set the USC, meet and Drake Stadium record in the 100m…set the Canadian 200m record in the semis
· Before USC attended Coffeyville Community College in Kansas where he won 5 NJCAA titles
CANADA:
· Canadian record-holder in the 200m (19.80)
· Is the first Canadian sprinter to win three medals in a single Olympics (2016 Rio)
· 2024 Canadian Athletics 100m champion
· 2023 World Championships 200m finalist
· 2023 Canadian Athletics 200m champion, 3rd in the 100m
· 2022 World Championships won a gold medal with Canada’s 4x100m relay
· 2021 Olympics (2020 Tokyo) won a gold medal in the 200m, silver with Canada’s 4x100m relay and bronze in the 100m
· 2021 did not compete at the Canadian Athletics Championships as he already had qualified to represent Canada at the Olympics
· 2019 World Championships…2nd in 200m, 3rd in 100m…first Canadian male to medal in the 200m since 1991
· 2019 Canadian Championships…2nd in the 100m
· 2018 Canadian Championships…3rd in the 100m
· 2017 World Relays…1st in 4x200m (in Bahamas)…11th in 4x100m (in Yokohama)
· 2017 Canadian Championships…1st in the 100m, 1st in the 200m
· 2016 Rio Olympics…2nd in 200m, 3rd in 100m, 3rd in 4x100m
· 2016 Canadian Championships…1st in the 100m, 3rd in the 200m
· 2015 World Championships…3rd in 100m and 3rd in 4x100m
· 2015 Canadian Championships…1st in the 100m
· 2015 Pan Am Games…1st in the 100m and 1st in the 200m
· 2014 Commonwealth Games…15th in the 200m
· 2014 Canadian Championships…2nd in the 100m, 4th in the 200m
· 2013 Pan Am Junior Championships…2nd in the 100m, 3rd in the 200m
· 2013 Canadian Championships…4th in the 100m
PROFESSIONAL:
· 2019 Rabat Diamond League 200m title
· 2017 Rabat Diamond League 200m title
· 2017 Rome Diamond League 200m title
· 2017 Stockholm Diamond League 100m title
· 2017 Oslo Diamond League 100m title
· 2016 Oslo Diamond League 100m title
· 2016 Birmingham Diamond League 200m title
PERSONAL:
· Parents are Beverley De Grasse and Alex Waithe
· From Markham, Ontario, Canada…just outside of Toronto
· His wife is Trojan Olympic hurdler Nia Ali who won a silver medal in the 100m H at the 2016 Olympics
· Started the Andre De Grasse Family Foundation…He also created the De Grasse Holiday Basketball Tournament which benefits the foundation
· De Grasse is an avid basketball fan and player and did not compete in track until 2012, when his high school did not field a basketball team