12 Facts About Graham Hood

Graham Hood was born on April 2,1972 and is a retired track and field athlete from Canada, who competed in the middle distance events.

Graham Hood's 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.

Graham Hood attended Nelson High School where he was a four-time OFSAA champion in the 800m and 1500m.

Graham 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.

Graham 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.

Graham Hood was named the Top Relay Runner among college men at the 1994 Penn Relays.

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

Graham Hood represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.

Graham Hood won the gold medal in the men's 1.500 metres race at the 1999 Pan American Games in his native Winnipeg.

Graham 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.

Graham 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.

Graham Hood is married to fellow Canadian Olympian Malindi Elmore and has two children.