What is George Rhoden?
{{Infobox sportsperson | name = George Rhoden | image = | caption = | fullname = George Vincent Rhoden | birth_date = {{birth-date|13 December 1926}} | birth_place = [[Kingston, Jamaica]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2024|8|24|1926|12|13}} | death_place = Kingston, Jamaica | headercolor = lightsteelblue | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|athletics]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{flagicon|JAM|1906}} [[Jamaica]] }} {{MedalOlympics}} {{MedalGold | [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Helsinki]] | [[Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres|400 metres]]}} {{MedalGold | 1952 Helsinki | [[Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4x400 metres relay]]}} }} '''George Vincent Rhoden''' (13 December 1926 &ndash; 24 August 2024)<ref>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/rh/george-rhoden-1.html Biography and Statistics at Sports Reference] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090729111240/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/rh/george-rhoden-1.html |date=29 July 2009 }}</ref> was a [[Jamaica]]n [[Athletics (sport)|athlete]]. He was the winner of two [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medals in 1952. He was born in [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]. Rhoden died on 24 August 2024 in Kingston at the age of 97.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jamaican Olympic legend George Rhoden passes away at 97 |url=https://www.sportsmax.tv/athletics/athletics-regional/item/151208-jamaican-olympic-legend-george-rhoden-passes-away-at-97 |access-date=27 August 2024 |publisher=Sportsmax |date=26 August 2024 |archive-date=11 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911174803/https://www.sportsmax.tv/athletics/athletics-regional/item/151208-jamaican-olympic-legend-george-rhoden-passes-away-at-97 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rhoden, George}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2024 deaths]] [[Category:Jamaican sprinters]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Kingston, Jamaica]]