Graham Hood


Graham Hood is a retired track and field athlete from Canada, who competed in the middle distance events.

Early life

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 and the Colin Hood OFSAA School Sport Award is named in his honour. He has one sister.
Hood attended Nelson High School where he was a four-time OFSAA champion in the 800m and 1500m. 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.

Collegiate

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.
Hood was inducted into the University of Arkansas Hall of Honour in 2014.

Running career

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.

Personal life

Hood is married to fellow Canadian Olympian Malindi Elmore and has two children.
Hood placed 679th overall at the 2017 Ironman World Championship, finishing with a time of 10:29:28. October 14 in Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i. He will race with bib number 992.

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