Edrick Bertholan Floréal (born October 5, 1966) is a

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coach for the Texas Longhorns men's track and field and women's track and field program and retired

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and

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er from

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Career

Athletics career

Floréal finished fourth in the triple jump at the

1987 Pan American Games The 1987 Pan American Games, officially known as the X Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event held in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, on August 7–23, 1987. Over 4,300 athletes from 38 countries in the Americas ...

. He represented Canada at two consecutive

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, starting in 1988. At the

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, he finished 18th in the qualifying round of the Triple Jump; at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

, he finished 28th in the qualifying round in the Long Jump. He is the former Canadian record holder in the long jump and current Canadian record holder in the triple jump, with marks of and . Floréal competed collegiately for the

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, a school fabled for its jumping prowess. He won the NCAA Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships triple jump in both 1989 and 1990 and at the Outdoor Championships in 1988, 1989 and 1990.

Coaching career

Floréal was the director of track and field at

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from 1998 to 2012. He was named the "West Regional Coach of the Year" for the 2010 indoor season by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Floréal was signed as the head coach of the

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men and women's cross country and track teams on July 9, 2012. Floréal was named Head Track and Field Coach at the

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in June 2018. There, he won the men's NCAA Division I Indoor Championship in 2022 and the women's NCAA Division I Outdoor Championship in 2023.

Personal life

Floréal is married to LaVonna Martin-Floreal, the 1992 Olympic silver medalist in the 100-meter hurdles. They have two children, one of whom, E.J., played three seasons for the

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team before leaving the program in August 2016 to join the University of Kentucky track program full-time.

International competitions

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