Gregory Haughton (born 10 November 1973) is a

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n 400 metres runner. He won three Olympic medals, one at the

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and two at the

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. His personal best for the 400 m was 44.56 seconds. He was coached by

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, an individual who also trained world record-holder Michael Johnson. Individually, Haughton was the bronze medallist at the

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and won bronze medals over 400 m at the

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in 1995 and 2001. He won gold medals at the

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. 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

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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.

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1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Kingston, Jamaica Jamaican male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Jamaica Olympic bronze medalists for Jamaica Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics World Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Jamaica Olympic silver medalists for Jamaica Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics World Athletics Indoor Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Jamaica Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games 20th-century Jamaican people 21st-century Jamaican people {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub