Nicolas Macrozonaris

Nicolas Macrozonaris
Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	August 22, 1980; Laval, Quebec, Canada
Residence	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sport
Sport	Running, Track and Field
Event(s)	Sprints
Team	Reebok[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	50m: 5.69s (Saskatoon 2002); 60m: 6.56s (Montreal 2002); 100m: 10.03s (Mexico City 2003); 200m: 20.85s (Victoria 2003)
Men's athletics
Representing Canada
Canadian Track and Field Championships
2000 NACAC Under-25 Championships in Athletics

Nicolas Macrozonaris (Greek: Νικόλαος Μακροζωνάρης, born August 22, 1980) is a Canadian Olympic track and field athlete who has won the 100 meter national title four times and once in the 200 meter.

Career

He was inspired to run track and field after watching Donovan Bailey win the 100 meters at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. After watching that race, it motivated him to take the sport seriously. A few years later, as a junior, he tied Ben Johnson's Canadian national record in the 50 meter sprint, running a time of 5.83. The following year, after 4 years of intensive training, he qualified for the 2000 Sydney Olympics' 100 meter event at the age of 19. At the Olympics, he ran a time of 10.45 to finish 42nd overall out of 95, being eliminated in the heats.

His culminating moment as a sprinter came in 2003 when he ran a time of 10.03 and beat the then world record holder, American Tim Montgomery in Mexico City. As of 2019, his time of 10.03 is still ranked the sixth fastest Canadian 100m time, behind Bruny Surin and Donovan Bailey who both share the national record with a 9.84 clocking, along with Andre De Grasse (9.90), Aaron Brown (9.96) and Gavin Smellie (10.01).

In 2004, he qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and finished 28th out of 80 in the 100 meter event, thus improving his position from his previous Olympic Games in Sydney where he finished 42nd.

Nicolas has represented Canada in many international competitions and has qualified for six World Championships, three Francophone Games, two Olympic Games, two Commonwealth games, one World Cup, and one Pan American Championship.

In 2017, he ran for the Action Laval party in the 2017 Laval municipal election, but finished third in the Sainte-Dorothée District.

Statistics

Personal bests

Event	Best	Location	Date
50 metres	5.69s	Saskatoon SK Canada	12 January 2002
60 metres	6.56s	Montreal, QC Canada	14 December 2002
100 metres	10.03s	Mexico City	3 May 2003
200 metres	20.85s	Victoria, BC Canada	20 July 2003

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References

"Nicolas Macrozonaris court en Reebok". Infopresse. July 18, 2003.

External links

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[1] "Nicolas Macrozonaris court en Reebok". Infopresse. July 18, 2003.