Winston Short (born 27 March 1945, in Arima) is a retired athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

and 4×100 metres relay. He represented his country at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

,Winston Short
Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-03-22. as well as in the

relay races A relay race is a racing competition where members of a team take turns completing parts of racecourse or performing a certain action. Relay races take the form of professional races and amateur games. Relay races are common in running, orientee ...

at the

1967 Pan American Games The 1967 Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 23 to August 6, 1967. Winnipeg was chosen as host of the Pan American Games on its second try. It first bid for the 1963 Games at the 1959 PASO meeting in Chicago ...

and

1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 to 13 August 1966. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Dominions. They were followed by the 1966 Commonwealth P ...

. He was a relay medallist at the

1966 Central American and Caribbean Games The 10th (X) Central American and Caribbean Games were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Ri ...

. He was a double bronze medallist in the sprints at the

British West Indies Championships The British West Indies Championships was an annual track and field competition between nations involved in the West Indies Federation and several other Caribbean nations with a British colonial history. Like the federation itself, the competition w ...

in 1965.British West Indies Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-21. He graduated from

Grambling College Grambling State University (GSU, Grambling, or Grambling State) is a public historically black university in Grambling, Louisiana. Grambling State is home of the Eddie G. Robinson Museum and is listed on the Louisiana African American Heri ...

, Louisiana, United States.

International competitions

References

Best of Trinidad
1945 births Living people Trinidad and Tobago male sprinters Olympic athletes of Trinidad and Tobago Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Pan American Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games Grambling State University alumni People from Arima Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Trinidad and Tobago Competitors at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics {{Trinidad-athletics-bio-stub