Dean Horace Griffiths (born 27 January 1980 in

Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica Saint Andrew is a parish, situated in the southeast of Jamaica in the county of Surrey. It lies north, west and east of Kingston, and stretches into the Blue Mountains. In the 2011 census, it had 573,369, the highest population of any of th ...

) is a male

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from

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, who represented his native country at the

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. He set his personal best (48.55) while winning the men's 400m hurdles at the NCAA Championship on 13 June 2003 in

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and help

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to a 2nd-place team finish. Also, in 2003 Griffiths was rank seventh best in the world over 400m hurdles and place 5th at the World Athletic Finals in Monaco. Griffiths was coached by

Henry Rolle Sir Henry Rolle (1589–1656), of Shapwick, Somerset, Shapwick in Somerset, was Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Chief Justice of the King's Bench and served as Member of parliament, MP for Callington (UK Parliament constituency), Call ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Griffiths, Dean 1980 births Living people Jamaican male sprinters Jamaican male hurdlers Auburn Tigers men's track and field athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Olympic athletes for Jamaica People from Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games bronze medalists for Jamaica Commonwealth Games competitors for Jamaica Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games 20th-century Jamaican people 21st-century Jamaican people