Bruno Pauletto

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Bruno Pauletto (born 21 January 1954) is a physiologist, an author, a business manager, a former coach, and a former Canadian track and field athlete. He graduated from CMU and UT, and he published several books and articles on exercise physiology.

During his athletic career, he specialised in the shot put events, active 1974 to 1983. An Italian-born athlete, he represented Canada internationally.

He set the national Italian record and later became the Canadian national record holder in the outdoor shot put. The former title remained unbeaten for six years and the latter for eighteen years. To date, he still holds the provincial record of Quebec. A three-time Canadian national champion, he had a lifetime best of 20.61 m (67 ft 7+1⁄4 in).