Brendon Rodney
Brendon Rodney | |||||||||||||||||||
nation | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||
birthday | 9th April 1992 (age 28) | ||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Etobicoke , Canada | ||||||||||||||||||
size | 195 cm | ||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
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discipline | sprint | ||||||||||||||||||
Best performance | 100 m: 10.28 s (+0.9 m / s) 200 m: 19.96 s (+1.1 m / s) |
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National squad | since 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
status | active | ||||||||||||||||||
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last change: August 19, 2016 |
Brendon Rodney (born April 9, 1992 in Etobicoke ) is a Canadian athlete who specializes in sprinting .
Athletic career
Rodney began athletics training at the age of 17. In 2013 he finished fourth in the 200-meter run at the Canadian Championships and was then nominated for the Universiade in Kazan . There he was fifth over 200 meters and won the silver medal with the Canadian 4 x 400 meter relay . In 2014 he became Canadian champion in the 200-meter run and took part in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow .
In 2015 Rodney competed at the Pan American Games in Toronto . Over 200 meters he narrowly missed the finals in ninth place in the semi-finals. With the Canadian 4 x 100 meter relay , he achieved the fastest time in the final. However, the team was subsequently disqualified for leaving the track and lost the gold medal. Rodney had better luck a month later at the World Championships in Beijing . There he took fourth place with the Canadian season around Aaron Brown , Andre De Grasse and Justyn Warner . However, the Canadians advanced to the bronze rank after the runner-up US relay was disqualified due to a substitutional error.
At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay together with Akeem Haynes , Aaron Brown and Andre De Grasse. He also competed in the 200-meter run, but was eliminated there in the preliminary run.
Brendon Rodney is studying exercise science at Long Island University in Brooklyn .
Web links
- Brendon Rodney in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Athlete portrait of Brendon Rodney ( English ) Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
- ↑ Rosie DiManno: Canada's men's 4x100 relay team disqualified, loose gold ( English ) Toronto Star. July 25, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
- ↑ Steve Landells: Report: men's 4x100m final - IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 ( English ) IAAF. August 29, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
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SURNAME | Rodney, Brendon |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian athlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1992 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Etobicoke |