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 AAA Junior championships in 1984 and 1985.{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaaj.htm |title=AAA Junior championships (men) |publisher=gbrathletics.com |accessdate=22 August 2015}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qu89AAAAIBAJ&sjid=2UgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2561%2C5374926 |title=Linsey races back in style and qualifies for Japan |first=Doug |last=Gillon |work=Glasgow Herald |page=15 |date=24 June 1985 |accessdate=22 August 2015}}

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.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=saNAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nqUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5726%2C5233198 |title=It's another gold medal for Bunney |work=The Herald|location=Glasgow |page=13 |date=26 August 1985 |accessdate=22 August 2015}}

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.{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12344324.Bunney_bowing_out_with_a_relay_regret/ |title=Bunney bowing out with a relay regret |work=The Herald |date=29 August 1998 |accessdate=14 December 2015}}

Elliot was coached throughout his career by Bob Inglis.

In 1994, he retired from top-level athletic competition aged 27 years old and played rugby for Scottish fourth division side Livingston RFC.{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12542815.Bunney_turns_to_rugby_on_a_wing_and_a_prayer/ |title=Bunney turns to rugby on a wing and a prayer |date=29 October 1994 |accessdate=3 October 2016}} and Heriots RFC. He also made a sevens appearance, playing for a Scottish select side at the Selkirk sevens.

References

[http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst678.html Elliot Bunney] at the Gazetteer for Scotland
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