 Bruny Surin at the Maisonneuve College | |
| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Born | (1967-07-12)July 12, 1967 (age 57) Cap-Haitien,Haiti |
| Home town | Montreal,Quebec, Canada |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event | 100 metres |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personalbest(s) | 100m : 9.84 (Sevilla 1999) 200m : 20.21 (Brussels 1999) |
Medal record | |
Bruny SurinCM CQ (born July 12, 1967) is aCanadian formertrack and field athlete, who was the winner of a gold medal in the4×100 metres relay at the1996 Summer Olympics. In 2008 he was inducted intoCanada's Sports Hall of Fame as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics 4x100 relay team.[1] In the100 metres, he has broken the10-second barrier multiple times and holds a personal record of 9.84 seconds.[2]
Surin was born inCap-Haïtien,Haïti, and moved to Québec City with his family in 1975.[3][4] He made his debut for Canada at the1987 Pan-American Games, placing fifteenth in thelong jump, a result he repeated at the1988 Olympics.
After the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988, manager Enrico Dionisi brought Surin toSiena and he was trained by the Italian coach Franco Barucci. Barucci persuaded Surin away from his favoured long jump event, in favour of the100 m. Barucci predicted he could run 10.10 seconds for the event. Surin won the following Canadian championships in 10.14 seconds.
At the1990 Commonwealth Games, Surin won a bronze medal in 100 m and was seventh in the long jump. At the1991 World Championships, Surin was eighth in the 100 m, and at the1992 Summer Olympics he was 4th in the 100m and reached the semifinals as a member of Canadian 4 × 100 m relay team.
At the1993 World Championships, Surin was fifth in 100 m and won a bronze medal as a member of Canadian 4 × 100 m relay team. At the1994 Commonwealth Games, Surin won the gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay and was eliminated in the semifinal of 100 m. Competing for the province of Quebec, Surin edged outDonovan Bailey to win gold in the 100 m at the1994 Francophone Games inParis with a games record time of 10.08 seconds. At the1995 World Championships, Surin won a silver medal in 100 m, behind compatriotBailey, and a gold medal as a member of Canadian 4 × 100 m relay team.
At theAtlantaOlympics, the Canadian relay team were not favoured, although they had won almost all of the titles available during the previous two years, but they had done it in absence of theUnited States team. However, in the 4 × 100 m relay final, the Canadian team beat United States by almost half a second, establishing itself the best relay team in the world. Surin also reached the semifinal of 100 m in the same competition.
Surin and the Canadian team won a gold medal again at the1997 World Championships and a silver medal at the1998 Goodwill Games. He was also seventh in 100 m at the 1997 World Championships and won a silver medal in 100 m at the1999 World Championships. His time matchedDonovan Bailey's Canadian record of 9.84. At the time, this was the fastest losing time in a 100 m race.
At the2000 Summer Olympics, Surin, one of the gold medal favorites, had not fully recovered from a leg injury sustained at the Canadian championships earlier that summer, and was eliminated in the semifinals of the 100m after slowing down visibly in pain and walking the rest of the way through the finish line. His last major championship race was in the semifinals of the 100 m at the2001 World Championships, where he injured himself again and was pushed off the track in a wheelchair.
In 2009, Surin became the new Canadian 50 metres record holder (40-45 age group) with a time of 6.15s at the McGill Open.[5]
In May 2022, Surin was named Team Canada's chef de mission for the2024 Olympics in Paris.[6]
As of 9 September 2024, Surin holds the following track records for100 metres.
| Location | Time | Windspeed m/s | Date |
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| Bondoufle | 10.08 | + 0.5 | 11/07/1994 |
| Montreal | 9.89 | + 1.5 | 01/08/1998 |
| Nuremberg | 9.92 | + 1.1 | 13/06/1999 |
| Sherbrooke | 10.07 | + 2.2 | 19/06/1998 |
| Winnipeg | 9.88 | + 3.1 | 26/06/1999 |
In 2016, he was made a Knight of theNational Order of Quebec.[7]
| Author | Bruni Surin and Said Khalil |
|---|---|
| Language | French |
| Genre | Biography |
| Publisher | Éditions Libre Expression |
Publication date | 2009 |
| Media type | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 2-7648-0431-8 |
In 2009, a biography cowritten by Bruny Surin and Saïd Khalil entitledBruny Surin, le lion tranquille was published byÉditions Libre Expression in Montreal.[8][9][10] The book covers Bruny Surin recounting 17 years of his sports career.[11] In the book, Surin criticizes doping, describing it as a gangrene that ails athletics and all other sports.[12][13]
Surin emigrated to Canada with his family in 1975. His father lost his family in the2010 Haiti earthquake. He has two daughters.[14] Surin ran for a seat onLaval City Council in aby-election on November 24, 2019, but lost by 82 votes.[15]
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World Indoor Champions in men's60 metres | |
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Commonwealth Games champions in men's4 × 100 metres relay | |
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