Bruny Surin

Bruny Surin ( born July 12, 1967 in Cap- Haïtien, Haiti) is a former Canadian track and field athlete and Olympic champion.

In 1975, his Surin with his family to Canada, where he has lived ever since. Initially, he trained in the discipline long jump and moved later to the 100 -meter run. He had in 1987 at the Pan American Games, where he reached the 15th place in the long jump his first international appearance. At the Olympic Summer Games in Seoul in 1988, he also reached number 15 in the long jump.

At the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand, he won the bronze medal in the 100 -meter run behind the Englishman Linford Christie (Gold ) and the Nigerian Davidson Ezinwa (Silver ) and reached seventh place in the long jump. At the 1991 World Championships he finished eighth in the 100 meters. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, he participated as a member of the 4 x 100 - meter relay team, but was able to win any medals.

At the world championships 1993 he finished fifth in the 100 meters, but won the team bronze medal in the 4 x 100 - meter relay. At the 1994 Commonwealth Games held in Victoria, British Columbia, he won the team gold medal in the 4 x 100 - meter relay, but did not in the 100 -meter run on the semi-final addition. At the 1995 World Championships, he won the 100m silver medal and team gold medal in the 100 - meter relay.

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the Canadian relay team went into the race as favorite, as they had almost always won the last two years this competition. Surin won the team gold medal along with his teammates Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert and Donovan Bailey, before the teams from the USA ( silver) and from Brazil (bronze). About 100 meters Surin came to the semifinals. Together with the Canadian team, he won another gold medal at the 1997 World Championships and at the Goodwill Games in 1998. At the World Championships 1999 he won the silver medal over 100 meters in a personal best of 9.84 s ( at the same time Canadian record, coinciding with Donovan Bailey ). 2000, at the Summer Olympics he reached the semifinals in the 100 meters only, as in his last championship match at the World Championships in 2001.