Leslie Laing
Olympic athlete
1925 –
Who is Leslie Laing?
Leslie Alphonso Laing is a former Jamaican athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x400 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Born in Linstead, Jamaica, Leslie Laing previously competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, where he finished sixth in 200 m and was eliminated in the heats of 100 m. He probably missed a medal, when Arthur Wint pulled a muscle in the 4 x 400 m relay final.
At the Helsinki Olympics, Laing was fifth in the 200 m and ran the second leg in the Jamaican 4x400 m relay team, which won the gold medal with a new world record of 3:03.9. In 2005 he was inducted into the Central American and Caribbean Confederation Hall of Fame.
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- Born
- Feb 19, 1925
Jamaica - Also known as
- Leslie Alphonso "Les" Laing
- Leslie Alphonso Laing
- Les Laing
- Nationality
- Jamaica
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on July 23, 2013
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