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Andre De Grasse

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

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