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.

Bruno Pauletto, MS, CSCS, FNSCA, grew up in Portogruaro, Italy, and Sept-Îles, Quebec, and he graduated as exercise physiologist from the University of Tennessee.

Bruno Pauletto received two national awards for his coaching performances and was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Central Michigan Chippewas.

Bruno Pauletto earned his Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology in 1978 from the Central Michigan University (CMU), where he was on a track and field scholarship.

At his first major competition for his adoptive country he placed fifth with 18.30 m (60 ft 1⁄4 in) at the first IAAF World Cup, in Düsseldorf on September 2, 1977,[16][17] and in the same year was runner-up at the 1977 Pacific Conference Games, behind American Colin Anderson.

[21] This performance remained the national Italian record until Marco Montelatici beat it in May 1985 with 20.90 m. Pauletto's first Canadian Championship participation was in Edmundston on March 2–3, 1974.

[23] On 22 May 1983 he established his personal best in shot put with a 20.61 m (67 ft 7+1⁄4 in) throw, achieved at an outdoor event in Knoxville, Tennessee and reaching a new Canadian national senior record.

On home turf, he took the silver medal behind England's Geoff Capes with a throw of 19.33 m (63 ft 5 in), and national rival Dolegiewicz completed the podium in third.

[28][29] Pauletto captured the gold medal at the XII Commonwealth Games in Brisbane in 1982 with a mark of 19.55 m (64 ft 1+1⁄2 in) ahead of the English champion Mike Winch.

[32][33] Pauletto also took part at the First IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki in 1983 as a member of the Canadian team, where he participated in the shot put event ranking 17th in qualifying.