Arthur Wint
Jamaican sprinter (1920–1992) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Arthur Stanley Wint OD MBE (25 May 1920 – 19 October 1992) was a Jamaican Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot during the Second World War, sprinter, physician, and later High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Competing at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics, whilst a medical student at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, he won two gold and two silver medals, becoming the first Jamaican Olympic gold medalist.[2][3][4]
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Nationality | Jamaican |
Born | (1920-05-25)25 May 1920 Plowden, Jamaica[1] |
Died | 19 October 1992(1992-10-19) (aged 72) Linstead, Jamaica |
Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
Military career | |
Service/ | Royal Air Force |
Sport | |
Sport | Running |
Event(s) | 400 m, 800 m ran in London |
Club | Polytechnic Harriers, Westminster[1] |
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Personal best(s) | 400 m – 46.2 (1948) 800 m – 1:48.9y (1951)[1] |
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