Milton Ottey


Milton Bruce Ottey is a retired Canadian high jumper who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics and won two Commonwealth Games gold medals.

Biography

Ottey came to Canada at around the age of 7. He attended and graduated from high school in the Toronto District School Board. He received a full athletic scholarship from the University of Texas at El Paso, where he received his bachelor's degree in education.
He was the number-one-ranked high jumper in the world in 1982 and a 23-time indoor and outdoor national champion in the men's high jump event. In between his two Olympic appearances, Ottey won the British AAA Championships title in the high jump event at the 1985 AAA Championships.
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. 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 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.
Ottey was inducted into the Athletics Canada Hall of Fame in 2012. These days, the 59-year-old owns and operates OT Fitness, a company that runs health and wellness programs for school-age kids.
Ottey is currently an assistant track coach specializing in jumps at York University.

Achievements

1Representing the Americas
Note: Results with a q, indicate overall position in qualifying round.