List of Canadian Sports Personalities - Track and Field

Track and Field

  • Donovan Bailey, (born 1967), sprinter, former 100m world record holder
  • Bruny Surin, (born 1967), sprinter, tied with Donovan Bailey for Canadian 100m record
  • Sam Effah, (born 1988), sprinter, 100m
  • Justyn Warner, (born 1987), sprinter, 100m
  • Bryan Barnett, (born 1987), sprinter, 100m and 200m
  • Jared Connaughton, (born 1985), sprinter, 100m and 200m
  • Pierre Browne, (born 1980), sprinter, 100m in the Olympics
  • Hank Palmer, (born 1985), sprinter, 2008 Olympics
  • Étienne Desmarteau (1873–1905), weight thrower, Olympic champion
  • Nicole Forrester, (born 1976), high jumper, gold medalist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
  • Alice Falaiye, (born 1978), long jumper, gold medalist at the 2009 Pan American Games and 2010 Commonwealth Games
  • Sultana Frizell, (born 1984), hammer thrower, gold medalist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
  • Jennifer Joyce, (born 1980), hammer thrower, silver medalist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
  • Gary Reed, (born 1981), 800m, silver medalist at the 2007 World Championships
  • Nathan Brannen, (born 1982), 800m, 2009 World Championships
  • Perdita Felicien, (born 1980), 2003 world champion in 100m hurdles
  • Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, (born 1982), 100m hurdles, silver medalist at the 2009 World Championships
  • Angela Whyte, (born 1980), 100m hurdles, silver medalist at the 2007 and 2011 Pan American Games
  • Phylicia George, (born 1987), 100m hurdles
  • Nikkita Holder, (born 1987), 100m hurdles
  • Harry Jerome (1940–1982) sprinter
  • Ben Johnson, (born 1961), sprinter, disqualified from Olympic gold medal for doping
  • Jamie Adjetey-Nelson, (born 1984), decathlete and gold medalist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
  • Jessica Zelinka, (born 1981), heptathlete and pentathlete, gold medalist at the 2007 Pan American Games
  • Brianne Theisen, (born 1988), heptathlete, 2009 World Championships
  • Scott Russell, (born 1979), javelin thrower
  • Robert Kerr (1882–1963), Olympic gold medalist in the 1908 Olympics
  • George Orton (1873–1958), first Canadian to become Olympic champion
  • Fanny Rosenfeld (1904–1969), runner & long jumper, world record (100-yard dash); Olympic champion (4x100-m relay) and silver (100-m)
  • Dylan Armstrong, (born 1981), shot putter, Pan American Games record, second at world championships
  • Percy Williams (1908–1982), Olympic champion sprinter
  • Joël Bourgeois, (born 1971), 3000 meter Steeplechase, 1996 and 2000 Olympics
  • Reid Coolsaet, born (1979), marathon runner, London 2012 Olympics
  • Eric Gillis, born (1980), marathon runner, 2008 Beijing & London 2012 Olympics
  • Dylan Wykes, (born 1983), marathon runner, 2009 World Championships

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