Ato Boldon

Ato Boldon
Boldon at the Sydney 2000 Olympics
Member of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago
In office
14 February 2006 – 23 April 2007
Preceded byRoy Augustus
Succeeded byRonald Phillip[1]
Personal details
Born
Ato Jabari Boldon

(1973-12-30) 30 December 1973 (age 50)
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
NationalityTrinidadian
Political partyUnited National Congress
Residence(s)Florida, United States
Sports career
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
SportSprinting
Event(s)100 metres, 200 metres
College teamUCLA
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
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 200 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Athens 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2001 Edmonton 4×100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Gothenburg 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Edmonton 100 m
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2003 Santo Domingo 4×100 m relay
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Kuala Lumpur 100 m
Goodwill Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 New York City 200 m
Silver medal – second place 1998 New York City 100 m
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1992 Seoul 100 m
Gold medal – first place 1992 Seoul 200 m
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
Gold medal – first place 1992 Tegucigalpa 100 m
Gold medal – first place 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.

  1. ^ "Trinidad and Tobago Parliament".
  2. ^ More than 1000 Olympians register for OLY[permanent dead link] - website of the Association Internationale de la Presse Sportive [fr] (International Sports Press Association)