Milton Ottey

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[edit]

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
1979	World Cup	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	5th	High jump	2.10 m¹
1981	World Cup	Rome, Italy	5th	High jump	2.15 m¹
1982	Commonwealth Games	Brisbane, Australia	1st	High jump	2.31 m
1983	Universiade	Edmonton, Canada	15th	High jump	2.20 m
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	9th	High jump	2.24 m
1984	Olympic Games^[1]	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^[1]	Seoul, South Korea	17th (q)	High jump	2.22 m
1990	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	3rd	High jump	2.23 m

¹Representing the Americas

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

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b 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[edit]

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
Milt Ottey at Team Canada

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[SR-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.

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v t e US National Championship winners in men's high jump
1876–1878 New York Athletic Club	1876-8: Edwards Ficken
1879–1888 NAAAA	1879: William Wunder 1880: Alfred Carroll 1881: C.W. Durand 1882: Alfred Carroll 1883: Malcolm Ford 1884: J.T. Rinehart 1885–87: William Page 1888^{Note 1}: Tim O'Connor
1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888^{Note 1}: Daniel Webster 1889: R.K. Pritchard 1890–91: Alvah Nickerson 1892–95: Mike Sweeney 1896: Charles Powell 1897–1900: Irving Baxter 1901: Sam Jones 1902: Irving Baxter 1903-4: Sam Jones 1905: Herbert Kerrigan 1906: Neil Patterson 1907: Con Leahy 1908: Harry Porter 1909: Egon Erickson 1910: Walter Thomason 1911: Harry Grumpelt/Harry Porter 1912: John Johnstone 1913: Alma Richards 1914: Jo Loomis 1915: George Horine 1916: Wes Oler 1917: Clint Larsen 1918: Carl Rice 1919–20^OT: John Murphy 1921–22: Dewey Alberts 1923: LeRoy Brown 1924: Robert Juday 1925–26: Harold Osborn 1927: Robert King 1928^OT: Robert King/Charles McGinnis 1929: Henry Lassalette 1930–31: Anton Burg 1932^OT: Cornelius Johnson/George Spitz/Robert van Osdel 1933: Cornelius Johnson 1934: Cornelius Johnson/Walter Marty 1935: Cornelius Johnson 1936: Cornelius Johnson/Dave Albritton 1937: Dave Albritton 1938: Mel Walker/Dave Albritton 1939–40: Les Steers 1941: Bill Stewart 1942: Adam Berry 1943: Pete Watkins 1944: Fred Sheffield/Willard Smith 1945: Dave Albritton/Lester Howe/Richard Schnacke/Joshua Williamson 1946–47: Dave Albritton 1948: Tom Schofield 1949: Dick Phillips 1950: Dave Albritton/Jack Heitzman/Jack Razzeto/Virgil Severns 1951: Lewis Hall 1952–53: Walt Davis 1954: Ernie Shelton 1955: Charles Dumas/Ernie Shelton 1956–59: Charles Dumas 1960: John Thomas 1961: Bob Avant 1962: John Thomas 1963: Gene Johnson 1964: Ed Caruthers 1965–67: Otis Burrell 1968: Ed Hanks 1969: Otis Burrell 1970–71: Reynaldo Brown 1972: Barry Schur 1973–74: Dwight Stones 1975: Tom Woods 1976–78: Dwight Stones 1979: Franklin Jacobs
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Franklin Jacobs 1981: Tyke Peacock 1982: Milt Ottey 1983: Dwight Stones 1984: Jim Howard 1985: Brian Stanton 1986: Doug Nordquist 1987: Jerome Carter 1988: Doug Nordquist 1989: Brian Brown 1990–92^OT: Hollis Conway
1993-onwards USA Track & Field	1993–94: Hollis Conway 1995–2000^2OT: Charles Austin 2001–02: Nathan Leeper 2003–04^OT: Jamie Nieto 2005: Matt Hemingway 2006: Tora Harris 2007: Jim Dilling 2008^OT: Jesse Williams 2009: Tora Harris 2010–11: Jesse Williams 2012^OT: Jamie Nieto 2013–16: Erik Kynard 2017:Bryan McBride 2018–19: Jeron Robinson 2021^{2020 OT}: JuVaughn Harrison
Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932 and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.