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Winston George

Personal information
Born	(1987-05-19) May 19, 1987 (age 37) Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Country	Guyana
Sport	Athletics
Event	400m
Updated on 27 June 2013

Winston George (born 19 May 1987 in Georgetown, Guyana) is a Guyanese sprinter. He competed in the 400 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was the flag bearer of Guyana during the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. He was also named Guyana's Male Athlete of the Year in 2011 and 2013 by the Athletics Association of Guyana.

Personal bests

• 200 m: 20.53 s (wind: +2.0 m/s) – Clermont, Florida, 14 May 2016
• 400 m: 45.25 s – Beijing (National Stadium), 23 Aug 2015

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Guyana
2011	ALBA Games	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	3rd	200 m	20.84 s w (+2.4 m/s)
			2nd	400 m	45.86 s
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	40.07 s
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:10.49 min
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, México	7th (h)	200 m	24.17 s A (+0.6 m/s)
			4th (h)	400 m	46.93 s A
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	5th (h)	400 m	46.86 s
2013	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, México	7th	200 m	20.67 A (+0.5 m/s)
			9th (h)	400 m	46.94 A
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	30th (h)	200 m	20.88 (+0.2 m/s)
	Islamic Solidarity Games	Palembang, Indonesia	2nd	200 m	20.77
			2nd	400 m	46.10
2014	South American Games	Santiago, Chile	5th	200 m	20.77 (-1.0 m/s)
			4th	400 m	46.15
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	5th (sf)	200 m	20.88 (+0.3 m/s)
			4th (sf)	400 m	46.38
			—	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	—	200 m	DNF
			5th	400 m	46.33 A
			5th	4 × 100 m relay	39.74 A
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	25th (h)	400 m	45.25
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	26th (h)	400 m	45.77
2017	Islamic Solidarity Games	Baku, Azerbaijan	3rd	200 m	20.62
			2nd	400 m	45.69
	South American Championships	Asunción, Paraguay	1st	400 m	45.42
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	22nd (sf)	200 m	20.74
			35th (h)	400 m	46.02
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	28th (h)	200 m	21.19
			20th (sf)	400 m	47.25
	South American Games	Cochabamba, Bolivia	5th	200 m	20.55
			3rd	400 m	45.67
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Barranquilla, Colombia	6th (h)	200 m	20.46
			9th (sf)	400 m	46.77
2019	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	4th	200 m	20.99
			6th	400 m	47.66

Disqualified in the semifinals

References

1. "London 2012 profile". Archived from the original on 2013-05-30. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
2. Staff (27 July 2012). "London 2012 Opening Ceremony - Flag Bearers" (PDF). Olympics. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
3. "Glasgow 2014 - Winston George Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
4. "Winston GEORGE | Profile | World Athletics".

Olympic Games
Preceded byNiall Roberts	Flagbearer for  Guyana London 2012	Succeeded byHannibal Gaskin

External links

• Winston George at World Athletics
• Sports reference biography
• Tilastopaja biography

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