Hasley Crawford was a world class sprinter who has a stadium named after him in Mucurapo. He won Trinidad and Tobago's first ever Olympic gold medal in 1976 in the 100 meter dash.
Ato Boldon won bronze medals in both the 100 and 200 meter dashes at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta. At the 2000 Games in Sydney, he won the silver medal in the 100 meter dash and another bronze in the 200 meter dash.Hasley Crawford won Trinidad and Tobago's first ever gold medal by winning the 100 meter dash at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal.Lennox Kilgore was a weightlifter who won a bronze medal at the 1952 Games in Helsinki.Kent Bernard was a bronze medalist in the 4x400 meter relay at the 1964 Games in Tokyo. Wendell Motley bronze in the 4x400 meter relay and silver in the 400 meters at the 1964 Games in Tokyo. Edwin Roberts won bronze in the 4x400 meter relay and bronze in the 200 meter dash at the 1964 Games in Tokyo. Edwin Skinner won bronze in the 4x400 meter relay at the 1964 Games in Tokyo. Rodney Wilkes won Trinidad and Tobago's first ever Olympic medal when he won a silver in weightlifting in the 1948 Games in London.Above is a partial list. Click on the 'Olympic Medallists from Trinidad and Tobago' link on this page to see a list of every medal winner and a biography of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Team.
Crawford won the 100m in Montreal in 1976.
Prior to the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, Canadian cross country skier Chandra Crawford has won 1 gold medal, that in women's 1.1 km sprint at the 2006 Winter Games in Turin.
He was a track star at Yale in the 1960s who was from Trinidad and won an Olympic medal for his country. He set a world record in the 600-yard dash in 1964 at Cornell University.
Hasley Crawford was a world class sprinter who has a stadium named after him in Mucurapo. He won Trinidad and Tobago's first ever Olympic gold medal in 1976 in the 100 meter dash.
Hasely Crawford was the first Trinidad and Tobago athlete to win a gold medal. He won the 100 meter dash at hte 1976 Montreal Olympics.
Keshorn Walcott won the gold medal in Trinidad and Tobago
2004.
Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago won the bronze medal
Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago won the bronze medal
Trinidad and Tobago first competed in the Summer Olympics at the 1948 Games in London. They won their first ever medal at those Games, that being a silver in men's featherweight weightlifting by Rodney Wilkes.
Lalonde Gordon Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
Keshorn Walcott Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
Rudy Reid, Ainsley Armstrong, and the great Hasely Crawford.Crawford qualified for the finals but pulled a hamstring just after the start of the gold medal race and was unable to finish.Four years later at the 1976 Games in Montreal, Crawford became the first and, to this day (2009), only athlete from Trinidad and Tobago to win Olympic gold when he won the men's 100 meter dash.
Crawford Medal was created in 1920.
Thomas Rohler of Germany won the gold medal Julius Yego of Kenya won the silver medal Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago won the bronze medal