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Milton Bruce "Milt" Ottey (born December 29, 1959, in May Pen, Clarendon, Jamaica) is a retired Canadian high jumper. Ottey came to Canada at the age of 10. He attended and graduated from high school in the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). He received a full athletic scholarship from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), where he received his bachelor's degree in education. After retiring from active competition, Ottey spent several years coaching at various universities throughout the United States, including University of Texas at El Paso, Kent State University and University of New Mexico before moving back to Toronto, Ontario.

The number-one-ranked high jumper in the world in 1982 and the 23-time indoor and outdoor national champion in the men's high jump event, Ottey is the owner and director OT Fitness Educational Services, inc. Ottey took over the reins of the UK kids core skills development program International Fun and Team Athletics (IFTA) in Canada. OT Fitness provide programs in schools that promote health and fitness to assist in the core skills development of children and teens. OT Fitness looks at the obstacles to a healthy lifestyle and helps kids jump over them, crawl under them, run around them and tackle them head on. Ottey resides in Scarbough with his wife and three children. He is a cousin of nine-time Olympic medallist Merlene Ottey.

Achievements

• 7-Time Canadian National High Jump Champion (1981–84, 1986–88)
• Won the NCAA & US National titles in 1982.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Canada
1979	Pan American Games	San Juan, Puerto Rico	3rd	High jump	2.19 m
	World Cup	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	5th	High jump	2.10 m
1981	World Cup	Rome, Italy	5th	High jump	2.15 m
1982	Commonwealth Games	Brisbane, Australia	1st	High jump	2.31 m
1983	Universiade	Edmonton, Canada	15th	High jump	2.20 m
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	9th	High jump	2.24 m
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	6th	High jump	2.29 m
1985	Universiade	Kobe, Japan	4th	High jump	2.26 m
1986	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, Scotland	1st	High jump	2.30 m
1987	World Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, United States	7th	High jump	2.28 m
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	17th (q)	High jump	2.22 m
1990	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	3rd	High jump	2.23 m

Representing the Americas

Note: Results with a q, indicate overall position in qualifying round.

References

1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Milt Ottey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016.

External links

• Milton Ottey at World Athletics
• Milton Ottey at Athletics Canada
• Milton Ottey at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Milton Ottey at Olympics.com
• Milt Ottey at Olympedia (archive)
• Milt Ottey at Team Canada

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