Elliot Bunney
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Elliot John Bunney (born 11 December 1966 in Edinburgh, Midlothian) is a Scottish former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He competed for Scotland at the 1986, 1990, 1994 and 1998 Commonwealth Games, winning a Bronze medal in the sprint relay team competition in 1986. He competed for Great Britain in the 1988 Summer Olympics and won a Silver medal as part of the sprint relay team.
Career
He won the AAAs Junior championships in 1984 and 1985.[1] He was also a Scottish 100 metre champion in 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, and 1993. He won two Scottish 60 metre indoor titles in 1992 and 1993. In 1985 he became the first athlete to have won sprint titles in successive weeks at Scottish schools, junior and senior levels.[2]
Elliot won two Gold medals competing for Great Britain at the 1985 European Athletics Junior Championships in Cottbus (at that time East Germany). He won the 100m (10.38sec - + 0.6) beating Endre Havas of Hungary with John Regis of Great Britain third. He was part of the winning 4 × 100 m relay team.[3]
He was a AAAs Indoor 60 metre champion in 1987.
At the 1986 Commonwealth Games, competing for Scotland, he was a finalist in the 100 metres and finished 5th. He won a Bronze medal as part of the team that won the 4 x 100 metre relay.
He competed for Great Britain in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the Silver medal with his team mates John Regis, Mike McFarlane and Linford Christie.
His personal best in the 100 metres was 10.20 seconds.[4]
Elliot was coached throughout his career by Bob Inglis.[3]
He later played rugby for Livingston R.F.C.[citation needed] and Heriots RFC. He also made a [Rugby sevens|sevens]] appearance, playing for a Scottish select side at the Selkirk sevens.[4]
References
External links
- Elliot Bunney profile at IAAF
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- 1966 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Edinburgh
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scottish sprinters
- Male sprinters
- British sprinters
- British male athletes
- Scottish sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Olympic athletes of Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Scottish Olympic medallists
- European Athletics Championships medalists
