Winston George

Winston George

Personal information
Born	(1987-05-19) May 19, 1987 (age 36) 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.^[1] He was the flag bearer of Guyana during the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.^[2] He was also named Guyana's Male Athlete of the Year in 2011 and 2013 by the Athletics Association of Guyana.^[3]

Personal bests

• 200 m: 20.53 s (wind: +2.0 m/s) – Clermont, Florida, 14 May 2016
• 400 m: 45.25^[4] 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	20.461
			9th (sf)	400 m	46.77
2019	South American Championships	Lima, Peru	4th	200 m	20.99
			6th	400 m	47.66

¹Disqualified in the semifinals

References

Olympic Games
Preceded by Niall Roberts	Flagbearer for  Guyana London 2012	Succeeded by Hannibal Gaskin

External links

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

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