9 4 8 ▁– ▁May ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Canadian ▁Olympic ▁spr inter ▁and ▁s print ▁coach ▁most ▁not ew orth y ▁for ▁being ▁the ▁tra iner ▁of ▁spr inter ▁Ben ▁Johnson , ▁the ▁first ▁compet itor ▁to ▁be ▁stri pped ▁of ▁an ▁Olympic ▁gold ▁medal ▁for ▁using ▁b anned ▁dru gs , ▁and ▁spr inter s ▁Ang ella ▁Iss aj en ko , ▁Mark ▁McK oy , ▁and ▁Des ai ▁Williams . ▁Francis ▁was ▁b anned ▁by ▁Athletics ▁Canada ▁following ▁his ▁adm issions ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁Dub in ▁inqu iry ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁introduced ▁Johnson ▁to ▁ster oid s . ▁ ▁S print ▁career ▁ ▁Francis ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Toronto , ▁Ontario . ▁As ▁an ▁ath lete , ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁Canadian ▁ 1 0 0 ▁metres ▁s print ▁champion ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 , ▁ 1 9 7 1 , ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 3 . ▁He ▁finished ▁ 6 th ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 0 0 ▁metres ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 1 ▁Pan ▁American ▁Games ▁in ▁C ali ▁with ▁a ▁time ▁of ▁ 1 0 . 5 4 . ▁He ▁reached ▁the ▁second ▁round ▁of ▁the ▁Mun ich ▁Olympics ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁with ▁times ▁of ▁ 1 0 . 5 1 ▁and ▁ 1 0 . 6 8 . ▁ ▁His ▁personal ▁best ▁was ▁ 1 0 . 1 ▁( hand ▁tim ed ) ▁at ▁the ▁Pan