Greg Haughton

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Born	(1973-11-10)10 November 1973 (age 52) Kingston, Jamaica
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Medal record Men'sathletics Representing Jamaica Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 4 × 400 m relay 1996 Atlanta 4 × 400 m relay 2000 Sydney 400 m World Championships 1995 Gothenburg 4 × 400 m relay 1997 Athens 4 × 400 m relay 1999 Seville 4 × 400 m relay 2001 Edmonton 4 × 400 m relay 1995 Gothenburg 400 m 2001 Edmonton 400 m World Indoor Championships 2004 Budapest 4 × 400 m relay 1997 Paris 4 × 400 m relay Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg 400 m 1999 Winnipeg 4 × 400 m relay Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur 4 × 400 m relay Central American and Caribbean Games 1998 Maracaibo 4 × 400 m relay CAC Championships 1993 Cali 400 m 1993 Cali 4 × 400 m relay Goodwill Games 2001 Brisbane 400 m World Junior Championships 1992 Seoul 4 × 400 m relay CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) 1992 Nassau 400 m

Gregory Haughton (born 10 November 1973) is aJamaican400 metres runner. He won three Olympic medals, one at the1996 Summer Olympics and two at the2000 Summer Olympics. His personal best for the 400 m was 44.56 seconds.

He was coached byClyde Hart, an individual who also trained world record-holderMichael Johnson. Individually, Haughton was the bronze medallist at the2000 Sydney Olympics and won bronze medals over 400 m at theWorld Championships in Athletics in 1995 and 2001. He won gold medals at the2001 Goodwill Games,1999 Pan American Games,1993 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics. He was twice NJCAA Champion and a three-timeNCAA 400 metres champion. He won five Jamaican national titles in his career.

As a long-standing member of Jamaica's4 × 400 metres relay team, Haughton was crowned 2004 World Indoor Champion, 1998 Commonwealth Champion, 1999 Pan American Games champion. He won Olympic bronze medals in the relay in 2000 and 1996, as well as four silver medals at the World Championships.

Haughton was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame (1997), George Mason University Hall of Fame (2001), and the Carreras Sports Foundation Male Athlete of the Year (1999–2000). In April 2011 Greg Haughton received the award from the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association for Outstanding Contribution to Track and Field in Jamaica.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Jamaica
1992	World Junior Championships	Seoul,South Korea	15th (h)[1]	400 m	47.73
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.58
1993	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	1st	400 m	45.35
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.57
	World Championships	Stuttgart,Germany	6th	400 m	45.63
			7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.44
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg,Sweden	3rd	400 m	44.56
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.88
1996	Summer Olympics	Atlanta,United States	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.42
1997	World Championships	Athens,Greece	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:56.75
	World Indoor Championships	Paris,France	2nd[2]	4 × 400 m relay	3:08.11
1998	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.26
	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lampur,Malaysia	1st	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.03
1999	Pan American Games	Winnipeg,Manitoba	1st	400 m	44.59
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	2:57.97
	World Championships	Sevilla,Spain	5th	400 m	45.07
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay[2]	2:59.34
2000	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Doha,Qatar	3rd	400 m	45.85
	Summer Olympics	Sydney,Australia	3rd	400 m	44.70
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	2:58.78
2001	World Championships	Edmonton,Alberta	3rd	400 m	44.98
			2nd[2]	4 × 400 m relay	2:58.39
2002	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Paris,France	2nd	400 m	44.87
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.21

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