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| Residence | Irving, TX, USA |
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| Club / Team | Islanders Track and Field: Arlington, TX, USA |
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| Higher education | Law - University of Texas: Arlington, TX, USA |
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| Why this sport? | "As a kid growing up in Canada, I had opportunities to play ice hockey. Physically, my speed was always my best attribute. Later I thought, 'Let's put aside the team and all the cuts. Let's enter a sport where hard work, training and physical attributes matter'." |
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| Awards and honours | He won the 2011 Bell Aliant Senior Male Athlete of the Year Award from Sport PEI. (therunman.blogspot.com.au, 08 Apr 2011) |
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| Name of coach | Monte Stratton |
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| Other information | OLYMPIC DISQUALIFICATION He was part of the Canadian relay team that was disqualified in the final of the 4x100m at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Finishing third, the team discovered they would not win the bronze medal 10 minutes after crossing the line because Connaughton had stepped out of his lane during the third leg. "You're in the wrong business if you think that everything you do is going to go well because there are too many variables to think that. It happens. We were all upset about that." (theglobeandmail.com, 16 Aug 2013) DUAL CITIZENSHIP He was born in Canada but gained US citizenship through his father. (jncoolc.wordpress.com, 18 Apr 2010) |
| Injuries | He sustained an adductor strain in July 2013 that kept him out of the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, Russia. (theguardian.pe.ca, 31 Jul 2013) |
| Ambitions | To compete at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, and at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (cbc.ca, 20 Aug 2013) |
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| Occupation | Athlete |
| Languages | English |
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| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Don't let the naysayers get you down." (moncton2013.com, 25 Mar 2013) |
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| Family | Wife Tamesha |