Andre De Grasse is a sprinter from Ontario Canada. He won the silver medal in the 100 meter dash but only a couple seconds from beating Usain bolt to get the gold medal. HE got into the Olympics at age of 21. He went to Miliken Mills High School and started track during his junior year. his mom also was on track during high school. Andre was born in Scarborough, Ontario to his parents which are named Beverly and Alex. After high school he went to Coffeyville Community College for two years before he transferred to USC to compete in track on a college level. Andre De Grasse and Donovan Bailey where the first sprinters from Canada to run the 100 meter dash in under ten seconds. Andre has three siblings named Julian, Alexandra, and Dantee. Andres parents are both immigrants his dad came into Canada from Barbados as a teen while his mom came from Tobago in her mid twenties. His mom is the one who got him into sports because she knew that quickness ran in the family so she signed him up for soccer. Andre liked soccer but wanted to try basket ball unfortunately his school didn’t have a basket ball team so he tried track instead. He says track saved his life because before he started track he was doing drugs and running made him realize there is more for him to do than just drugs.