Doug Hinds

Doug Hinds
Personal information
Full name	Douglas Hinds
Nationality	Canadian
Born	15 April 1958 (age 66); Toronto, Ontario
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Sprint
Event(s)	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 4 × 400 metres relay.^[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.^[1]^[3] At the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, he competed in the 400 metres finishing 24th.^[1] 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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Athletes - Douglas Hinds - Overview". Canadian Olympic Committee.
^ "Lamar Athletics". Lamar University. Archived from the original on 21 November 2011.
^ Dodds, tracy (29 October 1983). "UCLA, Washington in Showdown". Los Angeles Times. pp. SD.B12. Archived from the original on 2 December 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2011. His brother, Doug, made the 1980 Olympic team, but the boycott kept him home
^ Brooks, Janet (11 August 1984). "Zola Budd Trips Up Decker As Romanian Takes 3,000". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
^ "Olympic Finals - Men's 4 x 400 m Relay" (PDF). iaaf.org. International Association of Athletics Federations. p. 189. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 May 2012.
^ Daves, Jim; Porter, W. Thomas; Porter, Tom (2000). The Glory of Washington: The People and Events That Shaped Washington's Athletic Tradition. Sports Publishing LLC. p. 228. ISBN 978-1-58261-221-8. Retrieved 23 November 2011.