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Le Canadien Bill Crothers a fait ses d\u00e9buts olympiques \u00e0 Tokyo 1964<\/a>, o\u00f9 il a affront\u00e9 le d\u00e9tenteur du record du monde et champion olympique en titre au 800 m. Il a couru avec sagesse, remportant sa vague de la ronde pr\u00e9liminaire, puis la demi-finale avec des temps l\u00e9g\u00e8rement meilleurs. Au d\u00e9but de la derni\u00e8re ligne droite en finale du 800 m\u00e8tres, Crothers \u00e9tait troisi\u00e8me et il a devanc\u00e9 le Jama\u00efcain George Kerr dans son sprint pour d\u00e9crocher la m\u00e9daille d’argent tout en \u00e9tablissant un record personnel avec un chrono de 1:45.69 minute. Crothers a aussi atteint les demi-finales du 400 m. \u00c0 Mexico 1968<\/a>, Crothers faisait partie de l’\u00e9quipe du relais 4×400 m qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9limin\u00e9e au premier tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crothers a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 courir \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 15 ans sous la direction de Fred Foote, entra\u00eeneur du Club d\u2019athl\u00e9tisme d\u2019East York. Il a fait ses d\u00e9buts internationaux aux Jeux de l\u2019Empire britannique et du Commonwealth en 1962, o\u00f9 il a termin\u00e9 sixi\u00e8me comme membre de l’\u00e9quipe du relais 4×400 m. Apr\u00e8s Tokyo en 1964, Crothers a remport\u00e9 la m\u00e9daille d’or au 800 m des Universiades d’\u00e9t\u00e9 de 1965 et a \u00e9t\u00e9 class\u00e9 par le magazine Track & Field News<\/em> parmi les meilleurs coureurs du 800 m de l’ann\u00e9e et au deuxi\u00e8me rang de la d\u00e9cennie. Aux Jeux de l\u2019Empire britannique et du Commonwealth de 1966, il a remport\u00e9 une m\u00e9daille d’argent au relais 4×400 m. \u00c0 l’une de ses derni\u00e8res comp\u00e9titions majeures, Crothers a remport\u00e9 deux m\u00e9dailles d’argent aux Jeux panam\u00e9ricains de 1967 (800 m, relais 4×400 m). De 1961 \u00e0 1967, Crothers a \u00e9t\u00e9 champion national sur 800 m et champion sur 400 m de 1961 \u00e0 1965. Au cours de sa carri\u00e8re de coureur, Crothers a d\u00e9tenu le record canadien sur toutes les distances, de 400 m \u00e0 1500 m et un record mondial en salle sur 800 m (\u00e9tabli en 1964).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

N\u00e9 \u00e0 Markham, en Ontario, Crothers a grandi dans la banlieue de Toronto o\u00f9 il a fr\u00e9quent\u00e9 le Agincourt Collegiate Institute avant d’\u00e9tudier en pharmacie \u00e0 l’Universit\u00e9 de Toronto, puis a poursuivi une carri\u00e8re comme pharmacien (Kiernan-Crothers Pharmacy) \u00e0 Markham. Il a pass\u00e9 plus de 30 ans \u00e0 contribuer \u00e0 la croissance du tennis en Ontario et \u00e0 agir \u00e0 titre d\u2019administrateur de la Commission scolaire r\u00e9gionale de York. L’\u00e9cole secondaire Bill Crothers, une \u00e9cole secondaire ax\u00e9e sur l’athl\u00e9tisme dans la r\u00e9gion de York, a ouvert ses portes en son honneur en ao\u00fbt 2008.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

En 1963, Crothers a remport\u00e9 le troph\u00e9e Lou Marsh \u00e0 titre de meilleur athl\u00e8te canadien de l\u2019ann\u00e9e, puis en 1964, il a re\u00e7u le prix Lionel Conacher \u00e0 titre de meilleur athl\u00e8te masculin du Canada. Crothers a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9 au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e olympique du Canada en 1965, au Panth\u00e9on des sports canadiens en 1971 et au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e des sports de l’Ontario en 1997. Il a aussi re\u00e7u le Prix pour services distingu\u00e9s de Tennis Canada en 2003.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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