Winston George
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Born | Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica | May 19, 1987
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) |
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Country | ![]() |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 400m |
Updated on 27 June 2013. |
Winston George (born 19 May 1987 in Georgetown, Guyana) is a Guyanese runner. He competed in the 400 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1] He was the flag bearer of Guyana during the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.[2] He was also named Guyana's Male Athlete of the Year in 2011 and 2013 by the Athletics Association of Guyana.[3]
Personal bests[]
- 200 m: 20.53 s (wind: +2.0 m/s) –
Clermont, Florida, 14 May 2016
- 400 m: 45.25[4] s –
Beijing (National Stadium), 23 Aug 2015
International competitions[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing ![]() | |||||
2011 | ALBA Games | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | 3rd | 200 m | 20.84 s w (+2.4 m/s) |
2nd | 400 m | 45.86 s | |||
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.07 s | |||
3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:10.49 min | |||
Pan American Games | Guadalajara, México | 7th (h) | 200 m | 24.17 s A (+0.6 m/s) | |
4th (h) | 400 m | 46.93 s A | |||
2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 5th (h) | 400 m | 46.86 s |
2013 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Morelia, México | 7th | 200 m | 20.67 A (+0.5 m/s) |
9th (h) | 400 m | 46.94 A | |||
World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 30th (h) | 200 m | 20.88 (+0.2 m/s) | |
Islamic Solidarity Games | Palembang, Indonesia | 2nd | 200 m | 20.77 | |
2nd | 400 m | 46.10 | |||
2014 | South American Games | Santiago, Chile | 5th | 200 m | 20.77 (-1.0 m/s) |
4th | 400 m | 46.15 | |||
Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 5th (sf) | 200 m | 20.88 (+0.3 m/s) | |
4th (sf) | 400 m | 46.38 | |||
— | 4 × 100 m relay | DQ | |||
Central American and Caribbean Games | Xalapa, México | — | 200 m | DNF | |
5th | 400 m | 46.33 A | |||
5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.74 A | |||
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 25th (h) | 400 m | 45.25 |
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 26th (h) | 400 m | 45.77 |
2017 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | 3rd | 200 m | 20.62 |
2nd | 400 m | 45.69 | |||
South American Championships | Asunción, Paraguay | 1st | 400 m | 45.42 | |
World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 22nd (sf) | 200 m | 20.74 | |
35th (h) | 400 m | 46.02 | |||
2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 28th (h) | 200 m | 21.19 |
20th (sf) | 400 m | 47.25 | |||
South American Games | Cochabamba, Bolivia | 5th | 200 m | 20.55 | |
3rd | 400 m | 45.67 | |||
Central American and Caribbean Games | Barranquilla, Colombia | 6th (h) | 200 m | 20.461 | |
9th (sf) | 400 m | 46.77 | |||
2019 | South American Championships | Lima, Peru | 4th | 200 m | 20.99 |
6th | 400 m | 47.66 |
1Disqualified in the semifinals
References[]
- ^ London 2012 profile
- ^ Staff (27 July 2012). "London 2012 Opening Ceremony - Flag Bearers" (PDF). Olympics. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Winston George Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
- ^ "Winston GEORGE | Profile | World Athletics".
External links[]
Categories:
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Guyanese male sprinters
- Olympic athletes of Guyana
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games competitors for Guyana
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Guyana
- Sportspeople from Georgetown, Guyana
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Guyana
- Afro-Guyanese people
- Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 South American Games
- South American Games bronze medalists for Guyana
- South American Games medalists in athletics
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in athletics
- South American athletics biography stubs
- Guyanese sportspeople stubs
- Central America and Caribbean athletics biography stubs