Atlee Mahorn

Atlee Mahorn
Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1965-10-27) 27 October 1965 Clarendon, Jamaica
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	100m, 200m, 400m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100m: 10.18 (Tokyo 1991) 200m: 20.17s (Tokyo1991) 400m: 45.62 (Tempe 1986)

Atlee Anthony Mahorn (born 27 October 1965 in Clarendon, Jamaica) is a three-time Canadian Olympic sprinter.

His personal best time of 20.17 for the 200 metres, was a Canadian record until Aaron Brown broke the record on 30 May 2014.^[1]

He 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

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Canada
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th (q-finals)	200 m	21.13
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	DQ	4 × 100 m relay
1984	Olympic Games	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
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	4th	4 × 100 m relay	38.47
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	5th	200 m	20.39
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	7th	4 × 100 m relay	38.93
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	6th (semis)	100 m	10.18
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	200 m	20.49
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	4th (q-finals)	200 m	20.78
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	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

↑ "Aaron Brown shatters Atlee Mahorn's Canadian 200m record". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
↑ http://www.calbears.com/fls/30100/old_site/pdf/c-otrack/pdf-06TF36to45-041906.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=30100
↑ "Atlee Mahorn". www.cbcworldwide.com. Retrieved 31 October 2012.

External links

Atlee Mahorn profile at IAAF
sports-reference

Commonwealth Games champions in men's 200 metres

1930–1966: 220 yards 1970–present: 200 metres

1930: Stanley Engelhart (ENG) 1934: Arthur Sweeney (ENG) 1938: Cyril Holmes (ENG) 1950: John Treloar (AUS) 1954: Don Jowett (NZL) 1958: Tom Robinson (BAH) 1962: Seraphino Antao (KEN) 1966: Stanley Allotey (GHA) 1970–1974: Don Quarrie (JAM) 1978: Allan Wells (SCO) 1982: Mike McFarlane (ENG) and Allan Wells (SCO) 1986: Atlee Mahorn (CAN) 1990: Marcus Adam (ENG) 1994: Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 1998: Julian Golding (ENG) 2002: Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 2006: Omar Brown (JAM) 2010: Leon Baptiste (ENG) 2014: Rasheed Dwyer (JAM)

Commonwealth Games champions in men's 4 × 100 metres relay

1930–1966: 4×110 yards 1966–present: 4×100 metres

1930: Canada 1934: England 1938: Canada 1950: Australia 1954: Canada 1958: England 1962: England 1966: Ghana 1970: Jamaica 1974: Australia 1978: Scotland 1982: Nigeria 1986: Canada 1990: England 1994: Canada 1998: England 2002: England 2006: Jamaica 2010: England 2014: Jamaica

1986: Canada (Mark McKoy, Atlee Mahorn, Desai Williams, Ben Johnson)

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