Atlee Mahorn
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Full name | Atlee Anthony Mahorn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Clarendon, Jamaica | 27 October 1965|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100m, 200m, 400m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 100m: 10.18 (Tokyo 1991) 200m: 20.17s (Tokyo1991) 400m: 45.62 (Tempe 1986) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Atlee Anthony Mahorn (born 27 October 1965) is a three-time Canadian Olympic and four-time World Championship sprinter. He won Bronze medals in the 200 metres at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo 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.
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.[1]
Born in Clarendon, Jamaica, Mahorn is a graduate of University of California, Berkeley 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.[2] He received an MBA in International Business. Mahorn is fluent in the French language and can also communicate in both Spanish and Italian.[3]
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing ![]() | |||||
1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 5th (q-finals) | 200 m | 21.13 |
DQ | 4 × 100 m relay | ||||
1984 | Olympic Games[4] | Los Angeles, United States | 5th (semis) | 200 m | 20.77 |
1985 | Universiade | Kobe, Japan | 2nd | 200 m | 20.65 |
1986 | Commonwealth Games | Edinburgh, Scotland | 1st | 200 m | 20.31 |
1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | 8th | 200 m | 20.78 |
4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.47 | |||
1988 | Olympic Games[4] | Seoul, South Korea | 5th | 200 m | 20.39 |
7th | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.93 | |||
1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 6th (semis) | 100 m | 10.18 |
3rd | 200 m | 20.49 | |||
1992 | Olympic Games[4] | Barcelona, Spain | 4th (q-finals) | 200 m | 20.78 |
DNF | 4 × 100 m relay | ||||
1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 5th (semis) | 100 m | 10.21 |
7th (semis) | 200 m | 20.80 | |||
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 37.83 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Aaron Brown shatters Atlee Mahorn's Canadian 200m record". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ^ "ALL-TIME TOP 10" (PDF). calbears.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ "Atlee Mahorn". www.cbcworldwide.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Atlee Mahorn". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
External links
[edit]- Atlee Mahorn at World Athletics
- Atlee Mahorn at Athletics Canada
- Atlee Mahorn at Team Canada
- Atlee Mahorn at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Atlee Mahorn at Olympics.com
- Atlee Mahorn at Olympedia
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Canadian male sprinters
- Olympic track and field athletes for 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
- Sportspeople from Clarendon Parish, Jamaica
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Canada
- Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade
- Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Canadian Track and Field Championships winners
- Canadian track and field athletics biography stubs