Gregory Meghoo (born 11 August 1965 in Ewarton

Ewarton

-History:The name is most likely a compound of the surname "Ewart" and the suffix -ton, meaning town.The town's economy prospered particularly from 1957 when ALCAN established a bauxite plant nearby...

, Saint Catherine

Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica

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) was a Jamaica

Jamaica

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n athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.

He competed for Jamaica at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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 held in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, United States

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 where he won the silver medal in the men's 4x100 metre relay event with his team mates Al Lawrence

Al Lawrence (athlete)

Albert Lawrence is a former Jamaican athlete. He won a silver medal with the Jamaican team that consisted of Greg Meghoo, Don Quarrie and Ray Stewart.-References:*...

, Don Quarrie

Don Quarrie

Donald O'Riley Quarrie C.D is a former Jamaican athlete, one of the world's top sprinters during the 1970s....

 and Ray Stewart

Ray Stewart (athlete)

Raymond Douglas Stewart is a former Jamaican athlete who specialised in the 100 metres event. As a junior athlete Stewart found much success at the CARIFTA Games, winning five gold medals within a four year period. In 1984 he reached the 100 m Olympic final and won an Olympic silver medal...

.

Meghoo successfully representeded St. Jago High School at the annual Boys Championships in Jamaica. He was a team mate of Bert Cameron

Bert Cameron

Bertland Cameron is a retired Jamaican sprinter who mainly competed over 400 metres. He represented Jamaica at three consecutive editions of the Summer Olympics. Cameron won the 400 m title at the first World Championships in Athletics...

 as well as Rudolph Briscoe, who competed in the 400 and 800 meters as well. Meghoo's older brother Robert Meghoo, competed in the 100 meters but never made it to the Olympics. Another team mate in high school was 10,000 meter Jamaican national record holder Mark "Yifter" Elliott

Mark Elliott

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, who now coaches in the USA.

Greg Meghoo is now a United States Citizen, served in the U.S. Army, and is now in the U.S. Air Force Reserves.