Andy Grant

{{Short description|Retired Vincentian Olympic runner}}

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| event = Middle distance running

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| pb = 800 m: 1:54.53 (2004)

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Andy Grant (born May 7, 1984) is a retired middle distance runner from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.{{cite sports-reference|title = Andy Grant|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/andy-grant-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081034/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/andy-grant-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 21 June 2014}} He qualified for the men's 800 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by achieving a personal best of 1:54.53 from the NACAC Championships in Sherbrooke, Canada.{{cite news|title=Eastern Caribbean athletes on show in Athens|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/eastern-caribbean-athletes-on-show-in-athens|publisher=IAAF|date=12 August 2004|accessdate=21 June 2014}} Grant threw down a time of 1:57.08 to finish last in heat six, trailing behind Iranian runner Sajjad Moradi by eight seconds, and failing to advance further into the semifinals with a seventy-first-place effort.{{cite web|title=Athletics: Men's 800m Round 1 – Heat 3|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/athletics/results/3532556.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=27 September 2013}}

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