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{{short description|Canadian track and field athlete}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Glenroy Gilbert
| birth_place = [[Port of Spain]], Trinidad and Tobago
| education = [[Louisiana State University]]
| height_cm = 183
| weight_kg = 93
| sport = {{ubl
|[[Track and field]]
|[[Bobsleigh]]
}}
| event = [[100 m]], [[Long jump]]
| universityteam = [[LSU Tigers]]
| retired = 2000
| pb = {{ubl
|'''[[100 m]]''': 10.10 (Victoria 1994)
|'''[[200 m]]''': 20.37 (New Orleans 1993)
|'''[[Long jump]]''': 8.04 (Bogota 1989)
}}
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|[[Track and field|Men's track and field]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|1995 Gothenburg]]|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 Athens]]|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 Stuttgart]]|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1995 Pan American Games|1995 Mar del Plata]] | [[Athletics at the 1995 Pan American Games|100 m]]}}
}}

'''Glenroy John Gilbert''' (born August 31, 1967) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] former [[track and field]] athlete, winner of the gold medal in [[4 × 100 metres relay]] at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]], and head coach of [[Athletics Canada]].<ref name="CP">{{cite news|title=Glenroy Gilbert named full-time head coach for Athletics Canada|agency=The Canadian Press|publisher=CBC Sports|date=July 11, 2017}}</ref>

== Athletics career ==
Born in [[Trinidad & Tobago]], Gilbert, his mother, and his five siblings, moved to Canada in 1973.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Glenroy Gilbert · Kickass Canadians |url=https://kickasscanadians.ca/gilbert-glenroy/ |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=kickasscanadians.ca |archive-date=2024-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421081153/https://kickasscanadians.ca/gilbert-glenroy/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

He was a member of the [[LSU Tigers|Louisiana State University]] track and field team, where he won the NCAA [[4 × 100 metres relay]] title in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |title=NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship Results |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/track_outdoor_champs_records/2012-13/2012_d1_motf.pdf |access-date=August 16, 2016 |work=NCAA |publisher=NCAA.org |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210811/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/track_outdoor_champs_records/2012-13/2012_d1_motf.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Gilbert made his major international championships debut at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]], where he was 21st in the [[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's Long Jump|Long Jump]]. At the [[1990 Commonwealth Games]], Gilbert was eighth in long jump, and reached the semifinal as a member of Canada's 4 × 100 m relay team at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]].

Gilbert won his first medal at the [[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 World Championships]], when the Canadian 4 × 100 m relay team finished in third place. At the [[1994 Commonwealth Games]], Gilbert won the gold medal in 4 × 100 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.

In 1995, Gilbert won a gold medal in 100 m at the [[Pan-American Games]] and was a member of gold medal winning Canadian 4 × 100 m relay team at the [[1995 World Championships in Athletics|1995 World Championships]].

At the [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] [[Olympic Games|Olympics]], At the 4 × 100 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 the quarterfinals of the 100 m.

Gilbert and the Canadian team won a gold medal again at the [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 World Championships]] and at the [[1998 Goodwill Games]]. At the [[1999 World Championships in Athletics|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.

== Post-athletics career ==
After his retirement, Gilbert worked for a short time in CBC radio in [[Ottawa]]. He became coach for the Ottawa Lions Track & Field club, coaching sprints and relays. He has worked with Athletics Canada since 2006, primarily as coach of the Canadian men's and women's relay teams.<ref name="CP"/>

In July 2017 he was named Athletics Canada's permanent head coach; he had earlier been named head coach for the August 2017 world track and field championships.<ref name="CP"/>

== Honours ==
In 2008 he was inducted into [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]] as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics 4 × 100 relay team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/other_sports/story/?id=237621&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main|title=Yzerman, Lewis among Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductees|publisher=[[The Sports Network]]|date=2008-05-13|access-date=2008-05-13|archive-date=2008-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205185347/http://www.tsn.ca/other_sports/story/?id=237621&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{World Athletics|14174226}}
* {{Athletics Canada|glenroy-gilbert}}
* {{Team Canada}}
* {{CGF}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|org_archive=20210128052303}}
* {{Olympedia}}

{{Footer Olympic Champions 4x100 m Men|1996}}
{{Footer World Champions 4 x 100 m Men|1995|1997}}
{{Footer Pan American Champions 100m Men}}
{{Footer Commonwealth Champions 4x100 m Men|1994}}

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