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
[edit | edit source]He 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]
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External links
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- 1966 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- 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
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Heriot's Rugby Club players
- Livingston RFC players
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- Rugby union players from Edinburgh
- Scottish men sprinters
- British men sprinters
- Scottish Olympic competitors
- Scottish rugby union players
- Athletes from Edinburgh
- Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics