{{short description|Trinidad and Tobago sprinter}} '''Winston Short''' (born 27 March 1944)<ref name="Birth">[https://arimacirc.wordpress.com/winston-short/ Profile of Winston Short]</ref> 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,<ref name=SR>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110426/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/winston-short-1.html Winston Short]. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-03-22.</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/bwic.htm British West Indies Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-21.</ref> He graduated from Grambling College, Louisiana, United States.<ref name=SR/>

==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- |rowspan=2|1965 |rowspan=2|British West Indies Championships |rowspan=2|Bridgetown, Barbados |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |100 m |10.9 |- |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |200 m |21.3 |- |rowspan=6|1966 |rowspan=3|Central American and Caribbean Games |rowspan=3|San Juan, Puerto Rico |13th (h) |100 m |10.7 |- |4th (h) |200 m |21.9<sup>1</sup> |- |bgcolor=silver| 2nd |4 × 100 m relay |40.6 |- |rowspan=3|British Empire and Commonwealth Games |rowspan=3|Kingston, Jamaica |17th (qf) |100 y |10.0 |- |14th (sf) |220 y |21.8 |- |8th |4 × 110 y relay |41.3 |- |rowspan=2|1967 |rowspan=2|Pan American Games |rowspan=2|Winnipeg, Canada |16th (sf) |100 m |11.28 |- |4th |4 × 100 m relay |40.16 |- |rowspan=2|1968 |rowspan=2|Olympic Games |rowspan=2|Mexico City, Mexico |29th (qf) |200 m |21.51 |- |10th (sf) |4 × 100 m relay |39.5 |} <sup>1</sup>Did not start in the semifinals

==References== {{reflist}} *[http://www.bestoftrinidad.com/olympics/short.html Best of Trinidad]

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