Career
After watching that incredible race, it motivated him to take the sport seriously. A few years later, as a junior, he tied Ben Johnson"s Canadian national record in the 50 meter sprint, running a time of 5.83. The following year, after 4 years of hard work and dedication, he qualified for the 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 2014, his time of 10.03 is still ranked the third fastest Canadian 100m time, behind Bruny Surin and Donovan Bailey who both share the national record with a 9.84 clocking.
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 had the honor to represent Canada in many international competitions and has qualified for six World Championships, three Francophone Games, two Olympic Games, two Commonwealth games, one World Cup, and one Pan American Championship.
2007 1st Canadian Championships 100m (1028s) 2006 1st Canadian Championships 100m (1031s) (1028s in semifinal) 1st Ontario T&F Championships 100m (1034s) (1025s West in semifinal) 2005 eliminated in the heats, World Championships 100m (1040s) 2004 eliminated in the semi-finals, Athens Olympic Games 100m (1028s) 2003 1st Canadian Championships 100m (1013s) 1st Canadian championships 200m (2085s) 1st Mexico City 100m (1003s) 3rd Athens Grand Prix 100m (1015s) 5th World Outdoor Championships Semi-Final 100m (1028s) 2002 1st Canadian Championships 100m (991s w) 2001 12th World indoor championships semi-final 60m (667s) 2nd Canadian championships 100m (1035s) 4th Jeux de la francophonie 100m (1034s) 26th World Outdoor championships 100m (1028s) 4th Canadian Championships 100m (1025s) 2nd North American and Caribbean Championships NACAC 100m (1075s) 45th Olympic games, Sydney 100m (1045s) 1st Canadian Junior Record 50m (583s) 1998 2nd Quebec provincials 100m (1104h).
