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Encyclopedia > Glenroy Gilbert

Glenroy John Gilbert (born August 31, 1968) is a former Canadian athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Athletics, also known, especially in American English, as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events, which can roughly be divided into running, throwing, and jumping. ... The Metre (or Meter) is the base fundamental unit of length in the metric measurement system as defined originally by the French Academy of Sciences during the French Revolutionary–Napoleonic war era, and subsequently adopted by various successive International Standards Committees as the utility, elegance, and self-consistency of the... During a relay race, members of a team take turns swimming or running (usually with a baton) parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. ... The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. ...


Born in Jamaica]], Glenroy Gilbert formed along with Robert Esmie, Bruny Surin and Donovan Bailey the best 4x100 m relay team in the mid-1990s. Robert Esmie (born July 5, 1972) is a Canadian athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. ... Bruny Surin (born July 12, 1967) is a former Canadian athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. ... Donovan Bailey with one of his Olympic gold medals. ...


Gilbert made his debut at the major international championships at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where he was 21 in a long jump. At the 1990 Commonwealth Games, Gilbert was eighth in long jump and reached to the semifinal as a member of Canadian 4x100 m relay team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The Games of the XXIV Olympiad were held in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. ... The 1990 Commonwealth Games were held in Auckland, New Zealand. ... The Games of the XXV Olympiad were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ...


Gilbert won his first medal at the 1993 World Championships, when the Canadian 4x100 m relay team finished in a third place. At the 1994 Commonwealth Games, Gilbert won the gold medal in 4x100 m relay and was fifth in 100 m. Gilbert also competed in bobsleigh at 1994 Winter Olympics, where he finished fifteenth in two-man bobsled and eleventh in four-man bobsled. The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart, Germany between August 13 and August 22. ... Countries that competed The 1994 Commonwealth Games were held August 18-28, 1994 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ... Historic bobteam from Davos around 1910 Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2006-02-04, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... The XVII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway. ...


In 1995, Gilbert won a gold medal in 100 m at the Pan-American Games and was a member of gold medal winning Canadian 4x100 m relay team at the 1995 World Championships. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Pan American Games are a multi-sport event, held every four years between competitors from all nations of the Americas. ... The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden between August 5 and August 13. ...


At the Atlanta Olympics, the Canadian relay team weren't the hot favourites, although they were won almost all the titles available during the last couple of years. But they had done it in absence of United States. At the 4x100 m relay final, the Canadian team beat United States by almost half a second, to establish itself the best relay team in the world. Gilbert also reached to the quarterfinal of 100 m. Nickname: The Horizon City, Hotlanta, The Big Peach, A-Town, The ATL Official website: http://www. ... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ...


Gilbert and the Canadian team won a gold medal again at the 1997 World Championships and at the 1998 Goodwill Games, but again in absence of United States. At the 1999 World Championships the Canadian team were disqualified in semifinal and Gilbert ended his running career after the 2000 Summer Olympics, where the Canadians were eliminated in the semifinal. The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10. ... The 7th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29. ... The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...


After his retirement, Gilbert worked for a short time in CBC radio in Ottawa and is now a coach of Canadian 4x100 m relay team. Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant Established: {{{Established}}} Area: 2,778. ...

Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 4x100 m relay
1912 Great Britain David Jacobs, Henry Macintosh, Victor d'Arcy & William Applegarth
1920 United States Charlie Paddock, Jackson Scholz, Loren Murchison & Morris Kirksey
1924 United States Loren Murchison, Louis Clarke, Frank Hussey & Alfred LeConey
1928 United States Frank Wykoff, James Quinn, Charles Borah & Henry Russell
1932 United States Robert Kiesel, Emmett Toppino, Hector Dyer & Frank Wykoff
1936 United States Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, Foy Draper & Frank Wykoff
1948 United States Barney Ewell, Lorenzo Wright, Harrison Dillard & Mel Patton
1952 United States Dean Smith, Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino & Andy Stanfield
1956 United States Ira Murchison, Leamon King, Thane Baker & Bobby Joe Morrow
1960 United team of Germany Bernd Cullmann, Armin Hary, Walter Mahlendorf & Martin Lauer
1964 United States Otis Drayton, Gerald Ashworth, Richard Stebbins & Bob Hayes
1968 United States Charles Greene, Melvin Pender, Ronnie Ray Smith & Jim Hines
1972 United States Larry Black, Robert Taylor, Gerald Tinker & Edward Hart
1976 United States Harvey Glance, John Wesley Jones, Millard Hampton & Steven Riddick
1980 Soviet Union Vladimir Muravyov, Nikolay Sidorov, Aleksandr Aksinin & Andrey Prokofyev
1984 United States Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith & Carl Lewis
1988 Soviet Union Viktor Bryzgin, Vladimir Krylov, Vladimir Muravyov & Vitaly Savin
1992 United States Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell & Carl Lewis
1996 Canada Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin & Donovan Bailey
2000 United States Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Brian Lewis & Maurice Greene
2004 Great Britain Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish & Mark Lewis-Francis

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Track & Field: Glenroy Gilbert (430 words)
 Gilbert was an integral part of the victory, running the second leg of the relay in 9.02 seconds -- faster than anybody has run that stretch of track before or since.
One that is a far cry from his first one in 1988 in Seoul, when he had to live through the Ben Johnson steroid scandal as a member of the Canadian team.
We were 18," said Gilbert, who, with his relay teammates, helped restore the lustre of Canadian track in Atlanta.
Glenroy Gilbert at AllExperts (452 words)
Glenroy John Gilbert (born August 31, 1968 in Port of Spain) is a former Canadian athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Gilbert made his debut at the major international championships at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where he was 21 in a long jump.
Gilbert also competed in bobsleigh at 1994 Winter Olympics, where he finished fifteenth in two-man bobsled and eleventh in four-man bobsled.
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