Dean Griffiths

Dean Griffiths

Personal information
Born	(1980-01-27) 27 January 1980 Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Medal record Athletics Representing Jamaica Pan American Games Bronze medal – third place 2003 Santo Domingo 400 m hurdles Central American and Caribbean Championships Gold medal – first place 2005 Nassau 400m hurdles CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) Silver medal – second place 1999 Fort-de-France 400m hurdles

Dean Horace Griffiths (born 27 January 1980) 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.

Griffiths was coached by Henry Rolle

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
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, The 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