{"id":152209,"date":"2019-06-20T08:53:42","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T12:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/?post_type=athletes&#038;p=152209"},"modified":"2023-08-15T22:32:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T02:32:42","slug":"samuel-murray","status":"publish","type":"athletes","link":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/samuel-murray\/","title":{"rendered":"Samuel Murray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Murray a fait ses d\u00e9buts \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle internationale en tant que membre de l\u2019\u00e9quipe nationale \u00e9lite aux Championnats du monde de l\u2019IRF en 2014. Il a remport\u00e9 sa premi\u00e8re m\u00e9daille internationale aux Championnats du monde de 2016, quand il a rafl\u00e9 le bronze en simple masculin. Aux Championnats du monde 2018, il a d\u00e9croch\u00e9 le bronze en double masculin et a atteint les quarts de finale en simple.<\/p>\n<p>En 2019, Murray et son partenaire de double Coby Iwaasa ont commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 se d\u00e9marquer ensemble \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle internationale, remportant l\u2019argent aux Championnats panam\u00e9ricains. Ils sont mont\u00e9s sur la plus haute marche du podium quand ils ont remport\u00e9 les Championnats panam\u00e9ricains en 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Aux Championnats du monde de 2022, Murray a obtenu trois m\u00e9dailles. Il a remport\u00e9 l\u2019argent en double mixte avec Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Lambert et il a fait \u00e9quipe avec Iwaasa en route vers l\u2019argent dans l\u2019\u00e9preuve par \u00e9quipes chez les hommes ainsi que le bronze en double masculin.<\/p>\n<p>Murray a \u00e9volu\u00e9 au sein du circuit professionnel de l\u2019International Racquetball Tour (IRT) pendant 12 saisons. En 2018, il s\u2019est qualifi\u00e9 pour sa premi\u00e8re finale de l\u2019IRT puis, en janvier 2021, il a remport\u00e9 son premier titre du Grand Chelem. Il s\u2019est class\u00e9 aussi haut qu\u2019au cinqui\u00e8me rang en simple et en double dans le cadre des activit\u00e9s du circuit.<\/p>\n<p>Murray a \u00e9t\u00e9 couronn\u00e9 champion canadien ouvert \u00e0 cinq occasions en simple et six fois en double. Dans l\u2019ensemble, Murray a acc\u00e9d\u00e9 au podium 18 fois \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle nationale \u00e9lite.<\/p>\n<p>Murray a aussi repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 le Canada aux Championnats du monde juniors, o\u00f9 il a remport\u00e9 quatre m\u00e9dailles, toutes en double.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u00c0 propos de Sam<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>D\u00e9but :&nbsp;<\/strong>Il a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 pratiquer le racquetball \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de huit ans avec son fr\u00e8re plus \u00e2g\u00e9 et il a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 ses premi\u00e8res comp\u00e9titions \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de neuf ans\u2026&nbsp;<strong>Autres int\u00e9r\u00eats :&nbsp;<\/strong>Il aime pratiquer d\u2019autres sports comme le golf, le squash et le pickleball\u2026 <strong>De tout et de rien <\/strong>: Il a remport\u00e9 trois titres canadiens de cat\u00e9gorie ouverte en double avec son fr\u00e8re Tommy\u2026 Son surnom sur le circuit professionnel est \u00ab <em>Big Canada<\/em> 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