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.

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Elliot Bunney

Birth name	Elliot John Bunney
Date of birth	(1966-12-11) 11 December 1966 (age 57)
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

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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]