Ato Boldon
Olympic athlete
1973 –
Who is Ato Boldon?
Ato Jabari Boldon is a former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago and four-time Olympic medal winner. Only three other men in history—Usain Bolt, Frankie Fredericks and Carl Lewis—have won as many Olympic individual event sprint medals. He is the current Trinidad and Tobago national record holder in the 50, 60 and 200 metres events with times of 5.64, 6.49 and 19.77 seconds respectively. He also held the 100m national record at 9.86, having run it four times, until Richard Thompson ran 9.85 on 13 August 2011. He also holds the Commonwealth Games record in the 100 m.
After retiring from his track career, he was an Opposition Senator in the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament, representing the United National Congress from 2006–2007. He is now a ESPN and NBC Sports television broadcast analyst for track and field.
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- Born
- Dec 30, 1973
Port of Spain - Spouses
- Cassandra Mills
(1998 - 2005)
- Cassandra Mills
- Nationality
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Education
- Fatima College
- San Jose City College
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Lived in
- Port of Spain
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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