Ato Boldon

Ato Boldon OLY
Boldon at the Sydney 2000 Olympics
Member of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago
In office 14 February 2006 – 23 April 2007
Preceded by	Roy Augustus
Succeeded by	Ronald Phillip[1]
Personal details
Born	Ato Jabari Boldon (1973-12-30) 30 December 1973 (age 50) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Nationality	Trinidadian
Political party	United National Congress
Residence(s)	Florida, United States
Sports career
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport	Sprinting
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 metres
College team	UCLA
Sports achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 9.86 s (Lausanne 1999) 200 m: 19.77 s (Stuttgart 1997)
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing  Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 100 m 1996 Atlanta 100 m 1996 Atlanta 200 m 2000 Sydney 200 m World Championships 1997 Athens 200 m 2001 Edmonton 4×100 m relay 1995 Gothenburg 100 m 2001 Edmonton 100 m Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo 4×100 m relay Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur 100 m Goodwill Games 1998 New York City 200 m 1998 New York City 100 m World Junior Championships 1992 Seoul 100 m 1992 Seoul 200 m CAC Junior Championships (U20) 1992 Tegucigalpa 100 m 1992 Tegucigalpa 200 m

Ato Jabari Boldon OLY^[2] (born 30 December 1973) is a Trinidadian former track and field athlete, politician, and four-time Olympic medal winner. He holds the Trinidad and Tobago national record in the 50, 60 and 200 metres events with times of 5.64, 6.49 and 19.77 seconds respectively, and also the Commonwealth Games record in the 100 m. He also held the 100m national record at 9.86s, having run it four times until Richard Thompson ran 9.85s on 13 August 2011.

After retiring from his track career, Boldon was an Opposition Senator in the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament, representing the United National Congress from 2006–2007. Boldon works as an NBC Sports television broadcast analyst for track and field.