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

158 CHRISTOPHER FORDE (About 1935 -2011) C hristopher Forde held both the local and West Indies championships in body building until 1959. In 1964, in New York, he entered and won the International Federation of Body Builders Mr. Universe Tall Man Class, putting T&T on the world map. In the famous calypso Portrait of Trinidad sung by the Mighty Sniper, he is immortalised “….or maybe they forgetting Mr. Universe belongs to Trinidad”. In1987 he was inducted into the T&T Sports Hall of Fame. ROGER GIBBON (1944- ) R oger Gibbon attended Queen’s Royal College and was one of T&T’s best cyclists ever. Starting at the age of 15 he became the country’s champion cyclist at the age of 17. He rode and won every distance from the sprints to the long distance races over a period of 8 consecutive years, 1961 to 1968. He had exciting battles with rising star Leslie King which had fans going wild. Gibbon representedTrinidad andTobago at regional and international competitions including the Central American and Caribbean Games in Jamaica in 1962, the Pan American Games in Brazil in 1963, the Olympics in Japan in 1964, the Commonwealth Games in Jamaica and the Central American and Caribbean Games in Puerto Rico in 1966, the World Cycling Championships in Amsterdam and the Pan American Games in Canada in 1967 and finally to the 1968 Olympics in Mexico in 1968. He later became involved in the administration of the sport. --1962 GOLD and SILVER: Central American and Caribbean Games, Kingston, Jamaica - 1,000 meters Time Trial (1st); Match Sprint (2nd) --1963 SILVER and GOLD: Pan American Games, São Paulo, Brazil - 1,000 meters Time Trial (2nd); Match Sprint (1st) --1966 GOLD X 2: Central American and Caribbean Games, San Juan,