Elliot John Bunney (born 11 December 1966 in

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) is a Scottish former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He competed for Scotland at the

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and

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay language, Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by sev ...

, winning a bronze medal in the sprint relay team competition in 1986. He competed for Great Britain in the

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and won a Silver medal as part of the sprint relay team.

Career

He won the AAA Junior championships in 1984 and 1985. 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. 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. He was a AAAs Indoor 60-metre champion in 1987. At the

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, 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

held in

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in the 4 x 100-metre relay where he won the silver medal with his teammates John Regis,

Mike McFarlane Michael Anthony McFarlane OBE (born 2 May 1960) is a retired British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres and 200 metres. He won an Olympic silver medal in the 4×100 metres relay at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. He was the 200 m go ...

and

Linford Christie Linford Cicero Christie (born 2 April 1960) is a Jamaican-born British former sprinter. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic Games, the Worl ...

. His personal best in the 100 metres was 10.20 seconds. 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

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. and Heriots RFC. He also made a sevens appearance, playing for a Scottish select side at the Selkirk sevens.

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