Doug Hinds Explained

Doug Hinds
Fullname:Douglas Hinds
Nationality:Canadian
Birth Date:1958 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Toronto, Ontario
Country:Canada
Sport:Sprint
Event:400 m, 4 x 400 m relay

Douglas Hinds (born 15 April 1958) is a Canadian retired sprinter who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in the 400 metres and .[1]

Hinds attended Lamar University, where he was a member of the track team.[2]

Hinds was part of the 1980 Olympic team for Canada, but did not compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott.[3] At the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, he competed in the 400 metres finishing 24th. He also was a member of the 4 x 400 m relay team (with Michael Sokolowski, Brian Saunders, and Tim Bethune) which set a Canadian record of 3:04.47 in their first heat, and finishing eighth overall,[4] with Hinds running his leg of the relay in 45.04 seconds.[5]

Hinds' brothers Sterling and Jerry were also members of the Canadian track team.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletes - Douglas Hinds - Overview . Canadian Olympic Committee .
  2. Web site: Lamar Athletics . Lamar University . https://web.archive.org/web/20111121045825/http://www.lamar.edu/luathletics-fulltext . 21 November 2011 . dead . dmy .
  3. News: UCLA, Washington in Showdown. https://archive.today/20121202231152/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/686448142.html?dids=686448142:686448142&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+29,+1983&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=UCLA,+Washington+in+Showdown&pqatl=google. dead. 2 December 2012. Dodds. tracy. 29 October 1983. Los Angeles Times. SD.B12. 25 November 2011. His brother, Doug, made the 1980 Olympic team, but the boycott kept him home.
  4. News: Zola Budd Trips Up Decker As Romanian Takes 3,000. Brooks. Janet. 11 August 1984. The Montreal Gazette. 25 November 2011.
  5. Web site: Olympic Finals - Men's 4 x 400 m Relay . iaaf.org . International Association of Athletics Federations . 189 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120509134030/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/p182-362.pdf . 9 May 2012 . dead . dmy .
  6. Book: Daves. Jim. Porter. W. Thomas. Porter. Tom. The Glory of Washington: The People and Events That Shaped Washington's Athletic Tradition. 23 November 2011. 2000. Sports Publishing LLC. 978-1-58261-221-8. 228.

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