Profiles: Heroes, Role Models and Pioneers of Trinidad and Tobago - by Nasser Khan

152 in Malaysia in 1998 and the silver in the 4x100 metre in 2003 in the Dominican Republic. In 1997, he won gold in the 200 metre at the World Championships in Greece; his country’s first and only world title to date in the Athletics World Championships. This made him one of only a few male sprinters to win both a World Junior and World Senior title. Other World Championship medals were bronze in the 1995 100 metre in Sweden, and silver in the 100 metre and 200 metre in 2001 in Edmonton, Canada. After retiring from his track career, he was an Opposition Senator in the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament for a brief period in 2006 and 2007. In 2006 he compiled a film entitled Once In A Lifetime: Boldon in Bahrain documenting his experience in Bahrain, where the Soca Warriors defeated Bahrain 1–0 in a playoff to become the smallest country ever to qualify for the World Cup. In 2000, he was made a sports ambassador by the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. He is a qualified pilot. • 1993 Humming Bird Medal Gold • 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 T&T Sportsman of the Year • 1997 Chaconia Medal Gold • 2011 Inducted into the UCLAAthletics Hall of Fame. GEORGE BOVELL III (1983- ) G eorge Bovell III represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics and at the time of writing is hoping to bring glory to T&T at the 2012 London Olympics in the 50 metre freestyle race, in which he is currently ranked 4th in the world. At the 2004 Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the men’s 200 IM, the 9th Olympic medalist in the country’s history and the only Olympic swimming medal ever for T&T. From the age of 7, George Bovell III started swimming in competitions. For the next few years, before heading to high school in Florida, he would travel throughout the Caribbean, competing and in the process improving on his strength, techniques and reputation. He first swim internationally was in 1999 at the US Open and Pan American Games. He chose to attend Auburn University in Alabama, USA, following high school and while there he accomplished a long