Jamaican Olympian Neville Myton dies at 74

Jamaican Olympian Neville Myton passed away on Wednesday, May 19, after a spell of illness. He was 74 years-old.

Myton, who represented Jamaica in the middle distances, competed at the 1964 Olympic Games as a schoolboy, before returning to the Olympics in 1968.

He won gold in the 800m and 4x400m at the 1966 Central America and Caribbean Games and also won a relay bronze medal at the Pan American Games a year later.

In the 1500m, he managed a silver medal at the 1964 British West Indies Championships and gold at the 1965 championships.

Myton, a stand-out at Excelsior High School and San Jose State University, worked closely with a number of Jamaican athletes, particularly Veronica Campbell-Brown, who he mentored during the early stages of her career.

Myton would have celebrated his 75th birthday on May 28.