Ĭompeting for USC, De Grasse's legal 100 m time of 9.97 won the Pac-12 championship in May 2015 was the first time he ran under 10 seconds, and he became the first Canadian to do so since Bruny Surin. He attended Coffeyville Community College in 20 before transferring to USC for his junior season in 2015. Īt the 2013 Canada Games, De Grasse won three gold medals in the 100, 200, and 4×100-metre relay. He then began to train under Sharpe at The Speed Academy. Finally, having qualified for the Ontario Championships in the 100m, De Grasse placed 5th in the final. Having finished in the top 4 in the 100m and 200m, De Grasse qualified for the Ontario Central Championships, where he finished 4th in the 100m and 10th overall in the 200m. All three events were won by his eventual Olympic teammate Bolade Ajomale of Alexander Mackenzie High School. Sharpe invited De Grasse to join Pickering's Speed Academy. He was spotted by future coach Tony Sharpe who noticed his impressive results compensating for the lack of starting blocks and proper racing attire. Despite his clear inexperience, he finished second in the 100m final with 10.91, third overall in the 200m with 22.64, and 7th overall in the Long Jump with 5.88m.
In his first high school track race, the York Region Championships, De Grasse ran wearing basketball shorts and borrowed spikes he also ignored the starting blocks and did a standing start. In high school, De Grasse initially played basketball, at one point playing against future NBA player Andrew Wiggins of Vaughan Secondary School. He also attended Father Michael McGivney Catholic Academy and Milliken Mills High School. to continue until grade eight, where he won his first race in 2006. He later transferred to Mother Teresa Catholic School in Markham, Ont. Marguerite Bourgeoys Catholic Elementary School from kindergarten to grade two. ĭe Grasse was raised in Markham, Ontario and attended St.
His father, Alexander Waithe, moved from Barbados to Canada as a teenager. His mother, Beverley De Grasse, was a high school sprinter in Trinidad and Tobago before she moved to Canada at age 26. Īndre De Grasse was born in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough, Ontario. A consistent podium finisher, he has won a medal in every Olympic and World Championship finals he has competed in. His gold medal finish at the 2020 Olympics was the first Canadian Olympic gold in track in 25 years and the first in the 200 m in 93 years. ĭe Grasse is the first Canadian sprinter to win three medals in a single Olympics, bettering the two medals in a single Olympics that were won by Canadian sprinters Donovan Bailey and Percy Williams. He is the current Canadian record holder in the 200 m, running a 19.62 in Tokyo and making him the eighth fastest man in history in the 200 m.
He was also the double Pan American champion and the NCAA champion in the 100 m and 200 m. He has three individual World medals, winning silver in the 200 m in 2019 in Doha, and two bronzes in the 100 m in 20. He also has three Olympic bronze medals, placing third in the 100 m at both the 20 Games, and also in the 4×100 m relay in 2016.Īt the World Athletics Championships, De Grasse won a gold medal with the Canadian 4×100 relay team in 2022, as well as a bronze medal in the same event in 2015. He won a second silver in the 4×100 relay in 2020. A six-time Olympic medalist, De Grasse is the 2020 Olympic champion in the 200 m, and also won the silver in the 200 m in 2016. Andre De Grasse (born November 10, 1994) is a Canadian sprinter.
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