# Winthrop Graham

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{{Short description|Jamaican hurdler (born 1965)}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{MedalTableTop|sport=Men's [athletics](/source/Athletics_(sport))|country_code=JAM|medals=
{{Medal|Competition|[Olympic Games](/source/Olympic_Games)}}
{{Medal|Silver| [1988 Seoul](/source/Athletics_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics) | 4x400 m relay}}
{{Medal|Silver| [1992 Barcelona](/source/Athletics_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics) | [400 m hurdles](/source/Athletics_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_400_metre_hurdles)}}
{{Medal|Competition|[World Championships](/source/IAAF_World_Championships_in_Athletics)}}
{{Medal|Silver|[1991 Tokyo](/source/1991_World_Championships_in_Athletics)|[400 m hurdles](/source/1991_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_400_metre_hurdles)}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[1991 Tokyo](/source/1991_World_Championships_in_Athletics)|4x400 m relay}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[1993 Stuttgart](/source/1993_World_Championships_in_Athletics)|[400 m hurdles](/source/1993_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_400_metre_hurdles)}}
{{Medal|Competition|[Pan American Games](/source/Pan_American_Games)}}
{{Medal|Gold| [1987 Indianapolis](/source/1987_Pan_American_Games) | 400 m hurdles}} 
{{MedalCompetition | [Central American and Caribbean Games](/source/Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games) }}
{{MedalGold | [1986 Santiago](/source/1986_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games) | [400 m hurdles](/source/Athletics_at_the_1986_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games) }}
}}

'''Winthrop Graham''' (born 17 November 1965 in Westmoreland, Jamaica) is a retired athlete who mainly competed in the [400 metres hurdles](/source/hurdling). 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](/source/Zurich_Weltklasse) meet where he beat [Samuel Matete](/source/Samuel_Matete) and [Kevin Young](/source/Kevin_Young_(athlete)). This was also the Jamaican record.

He is married to [Yvonne Mai-Graham](/source/Yvonne_Mai-Graham), a former East German international distance runner.

Collegiately, he competed for the [Texas Longhorns](/source/Texas_Longhorns).

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
|1984
|[CARIFTA Games (under-20)](/source/1984_CARIFTA_Games)
|[Nassau, The Bahamas](/source/Nassau%2C_The_Bahamas)
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|400 m hurdles
|-
|1987
|[Pan American Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1987_Pan_American_Games)
|Indianapolis, United States
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|400 m hurdles
|-
|rowspan=2|1988
|rowspan=2|[Summer Olympics](/source/Athletics_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics)
|rowspan=2|Seoul, South Korea
| 5th
|[400 m hurdles](/source/Athletics_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_400_metres_hurdles)
|-
|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd
|4 × 400 m relay
|-
|1990
|[Goodwill Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1990_Goodwill_Games)
|Seattle, United States
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[400 m hurdles](/source/Athletics_at_the_1990_Goodwill_Games)
|-
|rowspan=2|1991
|rowspan=2|[World Championships](/source/1991_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|rowspan=2|Tokyo, Japan
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|400 m hurdles
|-
|bgcolor="CC9966"| 3rd
|4 × 400 m relay
|-
|1992
|[Summer Olympics](/source/Athletics_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics)
|Barcelona, Spain
|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd
|400 m hurdles
|-
|1993
|[World Championships](/source/1993_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|Stuttgart, Germany
|bgcolor="CC9966"| 3rd
|400 m hurdles
|}

==References==
*{{World Athletics||name=Winthrop Graham}}
*[http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=1575 Sporting] [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=1576 Heroes]

{{Jamaican Sportsman of the Year}}
{{Footer Pan American Champions 400m Hurdles Men}}
{{Footer CAC Champions 400 m Hurdles Men}}

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Category:1965 births
Category:Living people
Category:Sportspeople from Westmoreland Parish
Category:Jamaican men hurdlers
Category:Jamaican men sprinters
Category:Olympic athletes for Jamaica
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Jamaica
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games
Category:Competitors at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica
Category:World Athletics Championships medalists
Category:Texas Longhorns men's track and field athletes
Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists in athletics
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Jamaica
Category:Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
Category:Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Jamaica
Category:Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
Category:Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
Category:Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games
Category:Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
Category:20th-century Jamaican sportsmen
Category:21st-century Jamaican people
Category:Jamaican Athletics Championships winners
Category:NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners

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