Dean Griffiths

Dean Horace Griffiths (born 27 January 1980 in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica) is a male hurdler from Jamaica, who represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He set his personal best (48.55) while winning the men's 400m hurdles at the NCAA Championship on 13 June 2003 in Sacramento, California and help Auburn University 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.

Dean Griffiths
Medal record
Athletics
Representing  Jamaica
CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)
1999 Fort-de-France 400m hurdles

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Jamaica
1999 CARIFTA Games (U20) Fort-de-France, Martinique 2nd 400m hurdles 52.89
Pan American Junior Championships Tampa, United States 4th 400m hurdles 51.87
2002 NACAC U-25 Championships San Antonio, Texas, United States 3rd 400m hurdles 50.06
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:05.19
2003 Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 3rd 400m hurdles 49.35
World Championships Paris, France 9th (sf) 400m hurdles 48.64
2004 Summer Olympics Athens, Greece 21st (sf) 400m hurdles 49.51
2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships Nassau, Bahamas 1st 400m hurdles 48.89
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 11th (sf) 400m hurdles 48.89
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 6th 400m hurdles 49.85
2007 Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 5th 400m hurdles 49.30

References
  • Dean Griffiths at World Athletics
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dean Griffiths". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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