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.
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| Date of birth | 11 December 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
editHe won the AAA 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 was third in 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 teammates 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]
In 1994, he retired from top-level athletic competition aged 27 years old and played rugby for Scottish fourth division side Livingston RFC.[5] and Heriots RFC. He also made a sevens appearance, playing for a Scottish select side at the Selkirk sevens.[4]
References
edit- ^ "AAA Junior championships (men)". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ Gillon, Doug (24 June 1985). "Linsey races back in style and qualifies for Japan". Glasgow Herald. p. 15. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ a b "It's another gold medal for Bunney". The Herald. Glasgow. 26 August 1985. p. 13. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Bunney bowing out with a relay regret". The Herald. 29 August 1998. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Bunney turns to rugby on a wing and a prayer". 29 October 1994. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- Elliot Bunney at the Gazetteer for Scotland
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elliot Bunney". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012.
