Brendon Rodney

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Brendon Rodney
Brendon Rodney Rio2016.jpg
Rodney at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1992-04-09) 9 April 1992 (age 29)
Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada[1]
EducationLong Island University
Height195 cm (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportTrack and field
Event(s)sprints, 200 metres, 100 metres
College teamLIU Brooklyn Blackbirds[3]
ClubKingston, Jamaica
Turned pro2016
Coached bySimon Hodnett (club)
Glenroy Gilbert (national)[3]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m: 10.28 (2015)
200 m: 19.96 (2016)[4]
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m relay
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Beijing 4×100 m relay
World Relay Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Nassau 4×200 m relay

Brendon Rodney (born 9 April 1992) is a Canadian sprinter. As a member of the Canadian men's relay team, he won bronze medals in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and also at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and in the same event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China. He also competed as an individual runner at both events.[5]

Career[]

Rodney attended St. Augustine Secondary School in Brampton.[6] Rodney was named to Canada's team for the 2013 Summer Universiade. The following year he competed for Canada's team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He then competed for Canada at the 2015 Pan American Games.

On his way to competing for Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Rodney became just the second Canadian man to run the 200 m in under 20 seconds when he ran a 19.96 at the national trials in Edmonton, beating favourite Andre De Grasse.[7] The win came just weeks after his mother almost died of a brain aneurysm.[7] In July 2016, he was named to Canada's Olympic team. In addition to winning a bronze medal with the Canadian relay team, he competed in the men's 200 metres event, placing third in the seventh of the preliminary heats.[8]

In August 2017, Rodney competed in the 2017 World Championships in Athletics representing Canada in the 4 x 100 metres relay. The Canadian relay team ultimately placed sixth place in the finals.[9]

Despite being defending gold medalists in the 4x200 at the 2019 World Relay Championships, Rodney and the Canadian relay team failed to advance out of the heats in the 4x100 m relay.[10] Competing at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Rodney placed thirteenth in the heats of the 200 m, and did not advance. In a disappointing finish, the Canadian relay team did not advance to the 4x100 m final despite having the eighth-fastest overall time due to their running in the faster of the two heats.[11]

While the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the 2020 Summer Olympics by a year, Rodney was eventually named to his second Olympic team. He placed sixth in his heat of the 200 m with a time of 20.60, and did not advance. Subsequently, the relay team of Rodney, Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, and Andre De Grasse won their second consecutive bronze medal in the 4x100 m relay.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Brendon Rodney". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  2. ^ Brendon Rodney Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  3. ^ a b Brendon Rodney Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
  4. ^ Brendon Rodney at World Athletics
  5. ^ Heats results. iaaf.org
  6. ^ Juzenas, Frank (22 August 2016). "Brampton's Rodney helps Canada to bronze at Olympics". The Brampton Guardian. Brampton ON. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Brendon Rodney upsets Andre De Grasse in 200m". CBC Sports. 10 July 2016.
  8. ^ Hossain, Asif (11 July 2016). "Athletics Canada nominates largest squad to Team Canada for Rio". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  9. ^ "IAAF: 4x100 Metres Relay Result - IAAF World Championships London 2017 - iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Canada emerges with 1 medal from World Relays". CBC Sports. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Canadian 4x100 men's relay team eliminated at world track and field championships". Globe & Mail. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  12. ^ Strashin, Jamie (6 August 2021). "Andre De Grasse powers Canada to Olympic bronze in men's 4x100m relay". CBC Sports. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

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