Denny Morrison Website

Denny Morrison was born 8 September 1985 in Chetwynd, B.C. Canada.

His hometown is Fort St. John, B.C. where he grew up with his parents, Carol and Denny, his older sister Julie, 28 and his older brother Jay, 26. Jay is also a speedskater at the Canadian National Team.
Denny Morrison currently travels between Vancouver, B.C. and Calgary, A.B. He trains with Marcel Lacroix.
He has been a member of the Canadian team for the 5th year now.

Denny started speed skating when he was 3 years old and untill 2002-2003 competed in shorttrack aswell as longtrack speed skating.
Now he competes in the 500m, 1.000m, 1.500m, 5.000m and Team Pursuit.

 He already won a Silver Medal in the Torino 2006 Olympics with the team pursuit and collected his first individual gold medal at the World Cup in Calgary March 2007.

In the 2007-2008 season, he became World Champion in the 1.500 meter event and set a World Record at this distance aswell. He currently holds the trackrecord at 4 differant Icerinks across the globe.

Denny competed in 4 events at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. He raced the 5.000m, the 1.000m and the 1.500m. The results were not as good as hoped and expected, but together with Lucas Makowsky and Mathieu Giroux, he won Olympic Gold in the men's Team Pursuit, beating former Olympic Champions Italy in the quater final in a new Olympic Record. Passed Norway in another Olympic Record in the semi-finals and finally beat Team USA in the final. 

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Jolanda Abbes asked Denny Morrison some things everybody should know about him.
Here are some remarkable answers: 

What is your favourite food?

“Homemade pizza with lots and lots of toppings.”

What is your favourite movie?

“Right now, I'd have to say Transformers.”

What is you favourite book?

“Car and Driver.”

What is your favourite music?
”Whatever is playing at Cafe Bok on Sunday night.”

What were the first and last concerts you went to?

“The first concert I ever went to was Metallica and the most recent was Tiësto.”

What was the first cd you ever bought?

“Metallica S&M.”

Which three items/people would you take with you on the road if you could?

“My pillow, my laptop, and my Xbox.”

What personal things DO you take with you when you’re on the road (if any)?
”Same! Sometimes I take a framed picture of my car, haha.”

Who is your (childhood) hero?

“Superman – obviously! But other than fictional superheroes, then looking back now,

my brother was always the one I idolized growing up.

I hope we will stand on a podium at an international competition together one day!”

Who or what did you want to be when you grew up?

“When I was young, my dad convinced me that I should do really well in school

so that I could become either a lawyer, doctor, or engineer.

Well, I did really well in school, but only became a speed skater.”

When did you win your first medal and what was it for?

“I think my first medal was actually for speed skating!

A provincial age class competition I think.”

What do you see yourself doing ten years from now?

“Preparing for the 2018 games! Sad, but true.”

What do you like to do when you’re not training?

“Work on my car, or do some woodworking, and play videogames.”

What do YOU think every fan should know about you?
”I'm not as mean as I look!”