Elliot Bunney

Elliot Bunney

Birth name	Elliot John Bunney
Date of birth	(1966-12-11) 11 December 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Rugby union career
Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1994- Livingston RFC () – Heriots RFC ()
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1988 Seoul 4x100 m relay European Championships 1986 Stuttgart 4x100 m relay European Junior Championships 1985 Cottbus 100 m 1985 Cottbus 4x100 m relay Representing  Scotland Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh 4x100 m relay

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 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

1. "AAA Junior championships (men)". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
2. Gillon, Doug (24 June 1985). "Linsey races back in style and qualifies for Japan". Glasgow Herald. p. 15. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
3. "It's another gold medal for Bunney". The Herald. Glasgow. 26 August 1985. p. 13. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
4. "Bunney bowing out with a relay regret". The Herald. 29 August 1998. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
5. "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.

External links

• Elliot Bunney at World Athletics