# Winston Short
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{{short description|Trinidad and Tobago sprinter}}
'''Winston Short''' (born 27 March 1944)[[https://arimacirc.wordpress.com/winston-short/ Profile of Winston Short]] is a retired athlete from [Trinidad and Tobago](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago) who specialized in the [200 metres](/source/200_metres) and [4×100 metres relay](/source/4%C3%97100_metres_relay). He was born in [Arima](/source/Arima).
He represented his country at the [1968 Summer Olympics](/source/1968_Summer_Olympics),[[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.] as well as in the [relay races](/source/relay_races) at the [1967 Pan American Games](/source/1967_Pan_American_Games) and [1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games](/source/1966_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games). He was a relay medallist at the [1966 Central American and Caribbean Games](/source/1966_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games). He was a double bronze medallist in the sprints at the [British West Indies Championships](/source/British_West_Indies_Championships) in 1965.[[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/bwic.htm British West Indies Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-21.] He graduated from [Grambling College](/source/Grambling_College), Louisiana, United States.[
==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1965
|rowspan=2|[British West Indies Championships](/source/1965_British_West_Indies_Championships)
|rowspan=2|[Bridgetown, Barbados](/source/Bridgetown%2C_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](/source/Athletics_at_the_1966_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games)
|rowspan=3|[San Juan, Puerto Rico](/source/San_Juan%2C_Puerto_Rico)
|13th (h)
|100 m
|[10.7](/source/Athletics_at_the_1966_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games_%E2%80%93_Results)
|-
|4th (h)
|200 m
|[21.9](/source/Athletics_at_the_1966_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games_%E2%80%93_Results)1
|-
|bgcolor=silver| 2nd
|4 × 100 m relay
|[40.6](/source/Athletics_at_the_1966_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games_%E2%80%93_Results)
|-
|rowspan=3|[British Empire and Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1966_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games)
|rowspan=3|[Kingston, Jamaica](/source/Kingston%2C_Jamaica)
|17th (qf)
|100 y
|[10.0](/source/Athletics_at_the_1966_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_100_yards)
|-
|14th (sf)
|220 y
|[21.8](/source/Athletics_at_the_1966_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_220_yards)
|-
|8th
|4 × 110 y relay
|[41.3](/source/Athletics_at_the_1966_British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_110_yards_relay)
|-
|rowspan=2|1967
|rowspan=2|[Pan American Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1967_Pan_American_Games)
|rowspan=2|[Winnipeg](/source/Winnipeg), Canada
|16th (sf)
|100 m
|[11.28](/source/Athletics_at_the_1967_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_100_metres)
|-
|4th
|4 × 100 m relay
|[40.16](/source/Athletics_at_the_1967_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay)
|-
|rowspan=2|1968
|rowspan=2|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics)
|rowspan=2|[Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City), Mexico
|29th (qf)
|200 m
|[21.51](/source/Athletics_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_200_metres)
|-
|10th (sf)
|4 × 100 m relay
|[39.5](/source/Athletics_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay)
|}
1Did not start in the semifinals
==References==
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*[http://www.bestoftrinidad.com/olympics/short.html Best of Trinidad]
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Category:1944 births
Category:Living people
Category:Trinidad and Tobago men sprinters
Category:20th-century Trinidad and Tobago sportsmen
Category:Olympic athletes for Trinidad and Tobago
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Trinidad and Tobago
Category:Competitors at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:Pan American Games athletes for Trinidad and Tobago
Category:Grambling State University alumni
Category:Sportspeople from Arima
Category:Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Trinidad and Tobago
Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
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