Winston Short

Winston Short (born 27 March 1944)[1] is a retired athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay. He was born in Arima.

He represented his country at the 1968 Summer Olympics,[2] as well as in the relay races at the 1967 Pan American Games and 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. He was a relay medallist at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games. He was a double bronze medallist in the sprints at the British West Indies Championships in 1965.[3] He graduated from Grambling College, Louisiana, United States.[2]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1965 British West Indies Championships Bridgetown, Barbados 3rd 100 m 10.9
3rd 200 m 21.3
1966 Central American and Caribbean Games San Juan, Puerto Rico 13th (h) 100 m 10.7
4th (h) 200 m 21.91
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 40.6
British Empire and Commonwealth Games Kingston, Jamaica 17th (qf) 100 y 10.0
14th (sf) 220 y 21.8
8th 4 × 110 y relay 41.3
1967 Pan American Games Winnipeg, Canada 16th (sf) 100 m 11.28
4th 4 × 100 m relay 40.16
1968 Olympic Games Mexico City, Mexico 29th (qf) 200 m 21.51
10th (sf) 4 × 100 m relay 39.5

1Did not start in the semifinals

References

  1. ↑ Profile of Winston Short
  2. 1 2 Winston Short. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-03-22.
  3. ↑ British West Indies Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-21.

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