Gregory Haughton (born 10 November 1973) is a Jamaican 400 metres runner. He won three Olympic medals, one at the 1996 Summer Olympics and two at the 2000 Summer Olympics. His personal best for the 400 m was 44.56 seconds.
He was coached by Clyde Hart, an individual who also trained world record-holder Michael Johnson. Individually, Haughton was the bronze medallist at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and won bronze medals over 400 m at the World Championships in Athletics in 1995 and 2001. He won gold medals at the 2001 Goodwill Games, 1999 Pan American Games, 1993 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics. He was twice NJCAA Champion and a three-time NCAA 400 metres champion. He won five Jamaican national titles in his career.
As a long-standing member of Jamaica's 4×400 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.
^ abcThe Jamaica 4x400 team won originally the bronze medal, but the USA 4x400 team, which originally finished first in 4x400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.
Gregory Haughton (born 10 November 1973) is a Jamaican 400 metres runner. He won three Olympic medals, one at the 1996 Summer Olympics and two at the 2000...
details Michael Johnson United States Alvin Harrison United States GregHaughton Jamaica 2004 Athens details Jeremy Wariner United States Otis Harris...
McFarlane, and GregHaughton), and the women's 4 × 100 m team (Duhaney, Cuthbert, Beverly McDonald, and Ottey), as well as, bronzes for GregHaughton in the men's...
ways in 2008, reuniting a year later [1]. Another one of his pupils, GregHaughton, won bronze at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and he currently...
Michael Johnson United States 43.84 Alvin Harrison United States 44.40 GregHaughton Jamaica 44.70 800 metres details Nils Schumann Germany 1:45.08 Wilson...
Mark Hylton* Du'aine Ladejo* 2:56.60 Jamaica (JAM) Michael McDonald GregHaughton Roxbert Martin Davian Clarke Dennis Blake* Garth Robinson* 2:59.42 Marathon...
details Michael Johnson United States Alvin Harrison United States GregHaughton Jamaica 2004 Athens details Jeremy Wariner United States Otis Harris...
Stockholm, Sweden 4 × 400 m relay 2:56.75 Jamaica Michael McDonald GregHaughton Danny McFarlane Davian Clarke 10 August 1997 World Championships Athens...
Mark Richardson Mark Hylton* 2:56.65 Jamaica (JAM) Michael McDonald GregHaughton Danny McFarlane Davian Clarke Linval Laird* 2:56.75 NR Poland (POL)...
9 days 4 × 400 m relay 2:59.03 Jamaica Michael McDonald Roxbert Martin GregHaughton Davian Clarke 21 September 1998 Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
× 400 m Relay Michael McDonald, Dennis Blake, Roxbert Martin, Gregory Haughton, and Davian Clarke Heat — 3:02.81 Semi Final — 2:58.42 Final — 2:59.42...
Medal Name Sport Event Silver Michael Blackwood GregHaughton Christopher Williams Danny McFarlane Sanjay Ayre Michael McDonald Athletics Men's 4×400...
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