Arthur Stanley Wint OD MBE (25 May 1920 – 19 October 1992) was a Jamaican Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot during the Second World War, sprinter, physician, and later High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

1992年10月19日 · Arthur Wint, or the “Gentle Giant”, was selected as the 1937 Jamaican Boy Athlete of the Year. The next year he won a gold medal in the 800 metres at the Central American Games in Panama, but World War II then interrupted his athletics career.

At the London Olympics (1948) he became Jamaica’s first Olympic Gold Medalist when he won the Gold in the 400m in 46.2 seconds (a world record), beating team-mate Herb McKenley. A national holiday was celebrated in Jamaica.

1992年10月19日 · Jamaican Olympian, Arthur Wint, earned Jamaica its first Olympic Gold medal when he won the 400-metre race at the 1948 London Olympics. He served as a Flight Lieutenant with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during WWII. After the War, he studied medicine, then later became a surgeon in rural Jamaica.

2021年10月23日 · Jamaica's first Olympic gold medallist was a life-long learner and an establishment rebel, his daughter has said. Dr Arthur Wint was 28 when he won gold in the …

Arthur Wint, or the “Gentle Giant”, was selected as the 1937 Jamaican Boy Athlete of the Year. The next year he won a gold medal in the 800 metres at the Central American Games in Panama, but World War II then interrupted his athletics career.

Arthur Wint, affectionately known as “The Gentle Giant,” was Jamaica’s first Olympic gold medalist. Born on May 25, 1920, in Plowden, Manchester, Wint became a national hero due to …

2018年8月4日 · At six feet five inches tall, Arthur Wint was hard to miss in a crowd. He stood out even more when he competed as an athlete. That he did 70 years ago to the day by winning Jamaica’s (then...

2011年10月30日 · Arthur Wint's place in history was assured when the six-foot, five-inch quarter-miler became the first Jamaican to win an Olympic gold medal at the 1948 Games in Manchester, England. A new biography by his daughter and eldest child Valerie, reveals rarely documented aspects of this athletic giant's life.

Arthur Wint retired from hospital work in August 1985 but continued running his own private practice until his passing in 1992. When working in the rural communities, Dr. Wint usually had his surgery downstairs of his house. He often had humorous stories about peculiar ailments presented by his patients.