Winthrop Graham

Winthrop Graham
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Jamaica
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	4x400 m relay
	1992 Barcelona	400 m hurdles
World Championships
	1991 Tokyo	400 m hurdles
	1991 Tokyo	4x400 m relay
	1993 Stuttgart	400 m hurdles

Winthrop Graham (born 17 November 1965 in Westmoreland, Jamaica) is a retired athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres hurdles. He won two Olympic medals and three World Championship medals.

His personal best time was 47.60 seconds, achieved in August 1993 at the Zurich Weltklasse meet where he beat Samuel Matete and Kevin Young. This was also the Jamaican record.

He is married to Yvonne Mai-Graham, a former East German international distance runner.

Collegiately, he competed for the Texas Longhorns.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1984	CARIFTA Games (under-20)	Nassau, Bahamas	2nd	400 m hurdles
1987	Pan American Games	Indianapolis, United States	1st	400 m hurdles
1988	Summer Olympics	Seoul, South Korea	5th	400 m hurdles
1988	Summer Olympics	Seoul, South Korea	2nd	4 × 400 m relay
1990	Goodwill Games	Seattle, United States	1st	400 m hurdles
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	400 m hurdles
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	4 × 400 m relay
1992	Summer Olympics	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	400 m hurdles
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	3rd	400 m hurdles

References

Winthrop Graham profile at IAAF
Sporting Heroes

Jamaican Sportsman of the Year

1961: Bunny Grant
1962: George Kerr
1963: Noel Douglas
1964: Percy Hayles
1965: Phillip Alexander
1966: Jackie Hendriks
1967: Octavius Morgan
1968: Orville Haslam
1969: Paul Nash
1970–71: Don Quarrie
1972: Lawrence Rowe
1973: Maurice Foster
1974: Lawrence Rowe
1975–77: Don Quarrie
1978: Mike McCallum
1979–80: David Weller
1981–83: Bert Cameron
1984–87: Mike McCallum
1988: Jeff Dujon
1989–90: Mike McCallum
1991: Patrick Patterson
1992–93: Winthrop Graham
1994: Jimmy Adams
1995–96: James Beckford
1997: Deon Burton
1998–2000: Courtney Walsh
2001: Christopher Williams
2002: Michael Blackwood
2003: James Beckford
2004: Danny McFarlane
2005–07: Asafa Powell
2008–09: Usain Bolt
2010: Chris Gayle
2011–13: Usain Bolt
2014: Nicholas Walters
2015: Usain Bolt

Pan American Games champions in men's 400 metres hurdles

1951: Jaime Aparicio (COL) 1955–1959: Josh Culbreath (USA) 1963: Juan Carlos Dyrzka (ARG) 1967: Ron Whitney (USA) 1971: Ralph Mann (USA) 1975: James King (USA) 1979: James Walker (USA) 1983: Frank Montiéh (CUB) 1987: Winthrop Graham (JAM) 1991–1999: Eronilde de Araújo (BRA) 2003: Félix Sánchez (DOM) 2007: Adam Kunkel (CAN) 2011: Omar Cisneros (CUB) 2015: Jeffery Gibson (BAH)

Central American and Caribbean Games Champions in Men's 400 m Hurdles

1926: Armando Díaz (MEX)
1930: Porfirio Franca (CUB)
1935: Lázaro Hernández (CUB)
1938: Evelio Espinosa (CUB)
1946: Eligio Barbería (CUB)
1950 – 1954: Jaime Aparicio (COL)
1959: Ovidio de Jesús (PUR)
1962: Víctor Maldonado (VEN)
1966: Heriberto Cruz (PUR)
1970: Juan García (CUB)
1974: Fabio Zúñiga (COL)
1978: Clive Bariffe (JAM)
1982: Frank Montiéh (CUB)
1986: Winthrop Graham (JAM)
1990 – 1993: Domingo Cordero (PUR)
1998: Dinsdale Morgan (JAM)
2002: Oscar Juanz (MEX)
2006: Bayano Kamani (PAN)
2010: Leford Green (JAM)
2014: Omar Cisneros (CUB)

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