medaltemplates article_title birth_date
men 's athletics graham hood
 1972
graham hood

graham hood -lrb- born april 2 , 1972 , in winnipeg , manitoba -rrb- is a retired track and field athlete from canada , who competed in the middle distance events .
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 at the 1999 pan american games in his native winnipeg .
hood ran collegiately for the college track powerhouse arkansas razorbacks where he was named most outstanding performer among college men at the 1994 penn relays .
hood grew up in burlington , ontario with his parents and younger sister .
he attended nelson high school , began competitive running with burlington track and field club and played rep soccer for many years as a youth .
