Atlee Anthony Mahorn (born 27 October 1965) is a three-time Canadian Olympic and four-time
World Championship
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sprinter. He won Bronze medals in the 200 metres at the
1991 World Championships in
Tokyo
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and the 4 x 100 metre relay at the
1993 World Championships in
Stuttgart. He won the gold medal in the 200m at the
1986 Commonwealth Games in
Edinburgh
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His personal best time of 20.17 in the 200 metres was set in the semi-finals at the
1991 World Championships which was a
Canadian record until
Aaron Brown broke the record on 30 May 2014.
Born in
Clarendon, Jamaica
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, Mahorn is a graduate of
University of California, Berkeley
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and holds the school records in the 100 metres and 200 metres plus the number two times at 400 metres and as a member of a 4x100 metres relay. He received an MBA in International Business. Mahorn is fluent in the French language and can also communicate in both Spanish and Italian.
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1965 births
Living people
Canadian male sprinters
Olympic track and field athletes of Canada
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
World Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Jamaican emigrants to Canada
Black Canadian track and field athletes
People from Clarendon Parish, Jamaica
Universiade silver medalists for Canada
Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade
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