Meet Our Team

Lorenzo Redwood

Head Technical Coach

Mark McKoy

Strength & Conditioning Trainer

MARK MCKOY 1992 OLYMPIC CHAMPION

Mark broke onto the scene at the age of 18, qualifying for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow (which were boycotted).

At age 20, he represented Canada at the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, 1982, and won the Gold Medal in the 110-metre hurdles in a Canadian and Commonwealth record. He repeated this achievement at the Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1986, once again setting a new Canadian and Commonwealth record.

In 1984, qualifying for the Olympics a second time, Mark finished a close 4th in Los Angeles, setting numerous Canadian records on route.

He was disappointed with his performance at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, placing 7th in the hurdle finals. But he spectacularly redeemed himself in the Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, 1992, taking the Gold Medal in the 110m hurdles, the first Track Gold Medal for Canada in 64 years. A five-time Olympian, Mark was a member of Canada’s National Track and Field Team, 1980-94. He still holds the world record for the 50m hurdles (set in 1986 in Osaka, Japan), and is the former world record holder in the 60m hurdles and 4 X 200m relay.

He is widely recognized as one of the fastest human beings from a still start in history. In 1996, he provided explosiveness training to the Canadian National Karate team prior to the World Championships in Prague, Czech Republic. The Team responded by winning 36 medals, by far their greatest total medal haul ever.

Mark has extensive experience in creating the world’s best fitness and athletic training programs.  He is also a recognized expert in empowering and training others in how to have a mindset of champion and apply it to get breakthrough results everywhere in life, including in health & fitness, and in building winning teams and support structures.  He is the world’s foremost motivator and educator of trainers in the top health & fitness methodologies. His leading skills are as a leader, doer, innovator, communicator, coach, trainer, tactician, motivator, change agent, and fitness guru.

Mark has been in the health and fitness industry for almost 40 years. Developing programs for himself and others as a teenager, he has continued (and continues) to develop and implement programs for a range of individuals from novice to professional.

One of the most impressive facts about Mark’s long career was that he is one of the only athletes that has had the opportunity to train and work with some of the most diverse and successful athletes and coaches on the planet. Therefore giving him an unrivaled insight into some of the training methods of some of the most successful coaches and athletes ever.

Athletic Career Highlights

1996 Member of the Austrian Olympic Team

1993 Canadian Record 110MH (13.08)

1993 100M (10.08)

1993 World Champion-Gold medalist-World Indoor Championships

1992 Olympic Champion-Gold medalist 110 m hurdles, Barcelona, Spain

(1^st gold medal for Canada in track and field for 64 years)

1991 Member of the Canadian World Championship Team-Finalist 110mh (4^th place), Tokyo, Japan

1991 Member of the Canadian World Championship Team-Bronze Medalist 60MH, Seville, Spain

1988 Member of the Canadian Olympic Team-Finalist 110 m hurdles 7^th place, Seoul, South Korea

1987 Member of the Canadian World Championship-Finalist 110m hurdles 4^th place, Rome, Italy

1986 Member of the Canadian Commonwealth Games Team-Gold medalist 110m hurdles, Edinburgh, Scotland

Gold medalist 4*100m relay

1985 European Grand Prix Circuit 1^st place 110m hurdles

1984 Member of the Canadian Olympic Team-Finalist 110 m hurdles 4^th place, Los Angeles

1983 Member of the Canadian World Championship Team-110 m hurdles 4^th place, Helsinki, Finland

1982 Member of the Canadian Commonwealth Games Team-Gold Medalist 110m hurdles, Brisbane, Australia

Silver Medalist 4*100m relay

ATHLETIC AWARDS!!!

1980-1992 Recipient of many Provincial Awards for Sport Excellence at national international level (Ministry of Culture, Citizenship and Recreation)

1992 Recipient of Canada Sport Excellence Award

1994 York University-Athlete of the Year

1983 Harry Jerome Award for Sport Excellence (Outstanding African-Canadian Athlete)

OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Five time Olympian

Current world record holder 50m hurdles

Former world record holder 60m hurdles

Member of the former world record 4x200m relay

Fifth fastest all-time 60m sprint (prior to 1996)

15-time Canadian hurdle champion

Self coached through ten years of international competition

Special training consultant to the World Karate Association Canadian National Team

CURRENT:

CEO & President of Gold Medal Enterprises.  Specializing in training, fitness, diet and nutrition counselling, seminars and programs for athletes, health fanatics and executives of all ages and fitness levels.

Nikki Matarazzo

Mental Training Coach

Nikki Matarazzo is an athlete mindset development coach, strength and conditioning coach and athlete. She started her athletic career in soccer, playing for Joe Parolini (now Toronto Blizzard) at Woodbridge Soccer Club, Queen’s University and professional in Italy and England for a total of 5 years. While she pursued a professional career in soccer, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Sociology, having a clear understanding that she wanted to work with people. Following her soccer career, Nikki became a strength and conditioning coach which allowed her to apply both education and experience to help change people’s lives through fitness. Soon after she became a strength and conditioning coach, she realized that there was something missing in the development of not only athletes, but all people – that something was mindset. As a mindset development coach, she created Think Out Loud Co. – a platform to help all people develop the mindset that they need to take their life where they want it to go. She is passionate about helping people reach their goals, overcome their internal obstacles, and improve their quality of life – in the gym, at the dinner table, in relationships, at work – in any area of life. Her passion for people drives her to continue to invest in her own development, to ensure that she can continue to help others’.

Soccer Career

• started playing for Joe in grade 9 at WSC
• played for Joe until grade 12
• went to Queens University and played for the Queens University soccer team in my first year of school
• during my first year of university, Joe provided me with two opportunities to go to Italy to showcase: March 2009 (Rome), June 2009 (Frosinone?)
• moved to Sardinia, Italy to play Seria B with Villacidro Villgomme in Septemeber 2009 – August 2010
•  Sept. 2010 – Aug. 2012: played for Villacidro (same team, we moved up) in Seria A2 (3 years total)
• Sept. 2012 – May 2013: played for Torres Calcio Femminille, Seria A
• won the league
• played in Champions league (Romania game will be one for the books)
• played with Chelsea Ladies in England: Sept. 2013 – Dec. 2013
• “Retired” from professional soccer at 23

Certifications

• Bachelor of Arts – Psychology and Sociology
• CrossFit L-1
• USAW Sport Performance Coach Certification
• CPR