Arthur Wint

Arthur Wint
OD MBE
Wint wins the 1948 Olympic 400 m final
Personal information
Born(1920-05-25)25 May 1920
Plowden, Jamaica, British Empire[1]
Died19 October 1992(1992-10-19) (aged 72)
Linstead, Jamaica
Height194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Military career
Service/branchRoyal Air Force
Sport
SportRunning
Event(s)400 m, 800 m ran in London
ClubPolytechnic Harriers, Westminster[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400 m – 46.2 (1948)
800 m – 1:48.9y (1951)[1]
Medal record
Representing Jamaica Jamaica
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1948 London 400 metres
Gold medal – first place 1952 Helsinki 4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1948 London 800 metres
Silver medal – second place 1952 Helsinki 800 metres
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 1938 Panama 800 metres
Gold medal – first place 1946 Barranquilla 400 metres
Gold medal – first place 1946 Barranquilla 800 metres
Gold medal – first place 1946 Barranquilla 4×400 m relay

Arthur Stanley Wint OD MBE (25 May 1920 – 19 October 1992) was a Jamaican Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot during the Second World War, sprinter, physician, and later High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Competing at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics, whilst a medical student at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, he won two gold and two silver medals, becoming the first Jamaican Olympic gold medalist.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ a b c Arthur Wint at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
  2. ^ "Arthur WINT". Olympics.com. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  3. ^ Cooper, David K. C. (2014). Doctors of Another Calling: Physicians Who Are Known Best in Fields Other than Medicine. Newark: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 421. ISBN 978-1-61149-466-2.
  4. ^ "Jamaica's first gold medallist Arthur Wint remembered". BBC News. 23 October 2021. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.