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Oluseyi ou Seyi Smith (surnomm\u00e9 Shay) a connu ses d\u00e9buts olympiques \u00e0 Londres 2012. Il \u00e9tait membre de l\u2019\u00e9quipe canadienne du relais 4×100 m qui a termin\u00e9 la course en troisi\u00e8me position, derri\u00e8re la Jama\u00efque et les \u00c9tats\u2011Unis, et qui a ensuite \u00e9t\u00e9 disqualifi\u00e9e en raison d\u2019une sortie irr\u00e9guli\u00e8re du couloir.<\/p>\n

Avant de se rendre \u00e0 Londres, Oluseyi a repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 le Canada \u00e0 diverses comp\u00e9titions d\u2019athl\u00e9tisme depuis l\u2019\u00e2ge de 16 ans. Il a accumul\u00e9 beaucoup d\u2019exp\u00e9rience en comp\u00e9tition aux \u00e9preuves du 100 m et du 200 m, en saut en longueur et au relais 4×100 m, notamment aux Championnats du monde d\u2019athl\u00e9tisme jeunesse, aux Championnats panam\u00e9ricains juniors, aux Championnats du monde juniors, aux Jeux mondiaux universitaires, aux Jeux du Commonwealth et \u00e0 de nombreux Championnats du monde.<\/p>\n

En 2017, Oluseyi a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de faire la transition des sports d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 aux sports d\u2019hiver et a commenc\u00e9 l\u2019entra\u00eenement avec l\u2019\u00e9quipe canadienne de bobsleigh. \u00c0 ses d\u00e9buts en Coupe du monde, en novembre 2017, il a remport\u00e9 le bronze \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9preuve de bob \u00e0 quatre \u00e0 Park City avec l\u2019\u00e9quipe de Christopher Spring<\/a>. En d\u00e9cembre, il a aid\u00e9 l\u2019\u00e9quipe de bob \u00e0 quatre de Justin Kripps<\/a> \u00e0 d\u00e9crocher une m\u00e9daille d\u2019argent \u00e0 Innsbruck. \u00c0 cette m\u00eame \u00e9preuve, il a \u00e9galement termin\u00e9 \u00e0 trois reprises en 4e<\/sup> place \u00e0 la saison 2017-2018 de Coupe du monde.<\/p>\n

\u00c0 PyeongChang 2018, Seyi a termin\u00e9 sixi\u00e8me au bob \u00e0 quatre avec ses co\u00e9quipiers Justin Kripps, Alex Kopacz<\/a> et Jesse Lumsden<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00c0 PROPOS D’OLUSEYI<\/strong><\/h3>\n

D\u00e9buts :<\/strong> Durant son enfance, il a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 des comp\u00e9titions dans plusieurs sports. Il a notamment jou\u00e9 au soccer jusqu\u2019\u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 16 ans pour le club Ottawa Internationals et a aussi \u00e9volu\u00e9 dans la meilleure ligue universitaire de volleyball de la Grande-Bretagne pendant un an. Son parcours sportif a commenc\u00e9 en athl\u00e9tisme en 5e<\/sup> ann\u00e9e \u00e0 la suggestion d\u2019un professeur de se joindre au club d\u2019athl\u00e9tisme d\u2019Ottawa, le Lions Track and Field Club. Lorsqu\u2019il avait 18 ans, l\u2019athl\u00e9tisme occupait tout son temps, et il le pratiquait \u00e0 temps plein. En date de 2017, il d\u00e9tient toujours le record britannique au 100 m de British University Sports qu\u2019il avait inscrit en 2009.<\/p>\n

Au\u2011del\u00e0 du bobsleigh : <\/strong>Seyi d\u00e9tient un baccalaur\u00e9at en g\u00e9nie \u00e9lectrique et \u00e9lectronique et une ma\u00eetrise \u00e8s sciences en technologie des syst\u00e8mes d\u2019\u00e9nergie renouvelable de l\u2019universit\u00e9 Loughborough, au Royaume-Uni. Il aime regarder Netflix, et il aime la politique internationale, les baladodiffusions, les activit\u00e9s en plein air telles que la planche \u00e0 rame, le cano\u00eb, la randonn\u00e9e p\u00e9destre et le volleyball r\u00e9cr\u00e9atif.<\/p>\n

Il travaille comme gestionnaire de projet chez Altalink \u00e0 Calgary et esp\u00e8re obtenir son titre professionnel d\u2019ing\u00e9nieur \u00e0 l\u2019automne 2018. Il si\u00e8ge au sein du Canadian Prairies Group of Chartered Engineers et occupe un poste de membre d\u2019office au sein du conseil des athl\u00e8tes d\u2019Athl\u00e9tisme Canada. Il est arriv\u00e9 du Nig\u00e9ria au Canada en 1996, en passant par le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal. Il collectionne les aimants des villes qu\u2019il visite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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