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{{short description|Canadian sprinter}}
{{use mdy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Nicolas Macrozonaris
| image = 
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|08|22|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Laval, Quebec]], Canada
| residence = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| height = 
| weight = 
| sport = [[Running]], [[Track and Field]]
| event = [[Sprint (running)|Sprints]]
| club =
| team = [[Reebok]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Nicolas Macrozonaris court en Reebok |url=http://www.infopresse.com/archive/index/7241 |website=Infopresse.com |language=fr |date=July 18, 2003 |access-date=April 5, 2017 |archive-date=April 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405170759/http://www.infopresse.com/archive/index/7241 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| pb = 
'''50m''': 5.69s (Saskatoon 2002)<br />'''60m''': 6.56s (Montreal 2002)<br />'''100m''': 10.03s (Mexico City 2003)<br />'''200m''': 20.85s (Victoria 2003)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's athletics}}
{{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Canadian Track and Field Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|2001 Edmonton |100 m}}
{{Medal|Gold|2002 Edmonton|100 m}}
{{Medal|Gold|2003 Victoria|100 m}}
{{Medal|Gold|2003 Victoria|200 m}}
{{Medal|Silver|2004 Victoria|100 m}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2005 Winnipeg|100 m}}
{{Medal|Gold|2006 Ottawa|100 m}}
{{Medal|Gold|2007 Windsor|100 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[2000 NACAC Under-25 Championships in Athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|2000 Monterrey, Mexico |100 m}}
}}

'''Nicolas Macrozonaris''' ({{langx|el|Νικόλαος Μακροζωνάρης}}, born August 22, 1980) is a Canadian [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[track and field]] athlete who has won the 100 metre national title four times and once in the 200 metre.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Nicolas Macrozonaris |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/nicolas-macrozonaris-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203144907/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/nicolas-macrozonaris-1.html |archive-date=2016-12-03}}</ref>

== Career ==
He was inspired to run track and field after watching [[Donovan Bailey]] win the [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100 metres]] 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 (Canadian sprinter)|Ben Johnson]]'s Canadian national record in the 50 metre sprint, running a time of 5.83.  The following year, after 4 years of intensive training, he qualified for the [[2000 Summer Olympics|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 (sprinter)|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 in Athletics|World Championships]], three [[Francophone Games]], two [[Olympic Games]], two [[Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth games]], one [[IAAF World Cup|World Cup]], and one [[Pan American Games|Pan American Championship]].

In 2017, he ran for the Action Laval party in the [[2017 Quebec municipal elections#Laval|2017 Laval municipal election]], but finished third in the Sainte-Dorothée District.

In 2024, Nicolas was hired as the sprints coach for the Concordia University Stingers Track & Field Team.

==Statistics==

===Personal bests===
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! 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
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{World Athletics}}
* {{Athletics Canada}}
* {{Team Canada}}
* {{Olympics.com profile}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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[[Category:Canadian male sprinters]]
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[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada]]
[[Category:Canadian people of Greek descent]]
[[Category:Sportspeople of Greek descent]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Laval, Quebec]]
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