Graham Hood
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 2, 1972 |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 154 lb (70 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track |
Event | 1500 metres |
| College team | Arkansas |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:45.70 1000m: 2:16.88 1500m: 3:33.94 Mile: 3:51.55 |
Medal record | |
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Graham Hood (born April 2, 1972) is a retired track and field athlete from Canada, who competed in the middle distance events.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Hood was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba to parents Colin and Brenda, but grew up in Burlington, Ontario. His father served as the executive director of the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) and the Colin Hood OFSAA School Sport Award is named in his honour.[1] He has two sisters.
Hood attended Nelson High School where he was a four-time OFSAA champion in the 800m and 1500m.[2] Hood was a member of the Burlington Track and Field Club and played a variety of sports during his high school years, including soccer, basketball, cross country skiing, and track and field.[3]
Collegiate
[edit | edit source]Hood ran collegiately for the college track powerhouse Arkansas Razorbacks where he helped the team capture NCAA titles in cross country and both indoor and outdoor track and field. Hood was named the Top Relay Runner among college men at the 1994 Penn Relays.[4]
Hood was inducted into the University of Arkansas Hall of Honour in 2014.[5]
Running career
[edit | edit source]Hood represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He won the gold medal in the men's 1.500 metres race at the 1999 Pan American Games in his native Winnipeg.
Hood is the only Canadian to have won the Millrose Games' Wanamaker Mile, having won the 1995 edition of the event with a time of 3:57.08.[6]
Hood placed 679th overall at the 2017 Ironman World Championship, October 14 in Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i, finishing with a time of 10:29:28.[7]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Hood is married to fellow Canadian Olympian Malindi Elmore and has two children.[8]
Competition record
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External links
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- 1972 births
- Arkansas Razorbacks men's track and field athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Canadian men middle-distance runners
- Canadian Track and Field Championships winners
- Commonwealth Games athletes for Canada
- Living people
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- Nelson High School (Ontario) alumni
- Olympic track and field athletes for Canada
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada in athletics (track and field)
- Sportspeople from Kelowna
- Track and field athletes from Winnipeg
- University of Arkansas alumni