Ato Boldon
100 m: 9.86 s (Lausanne 1999)
| Men’s Athletics | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitor for Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 2000 Sydney | 100 m |
| Bronze | 1996 Atlanta | 100 m |
| Bronze | 1996 Atlanta | 200 m |
| Bronze | 2000 Sydney | 200 m |
| World Championships | ||
| Gold | 1997 Athens | 200 m |
| Silver | 2001 Edmonton | 4 × 100 m |
| Bronze | 1995 Gothenburg | 100 m |
| Bronze | 2001 Edmonton | 100 m |
| Pan American Games | ||
| Silver | 2003 Santo Domingo | 4 × 100 m |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| Gold | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | 100 m |
| Goodwill Games | ||
| Gold | 1998 New York City | 200 m |
| Silver | 1998 New York City | 100 m |
| World Junior Championships | ||
| Gold | 1992 Seoul | 100 m |
| Gold | 1992 Seoul | 200 m |
| CAC Junior Championships (U20) | ||
| Gold | 1992 Tegucigalpa | 100 m |
| Gold | 1992 Tegucigalpa | 200 m |
Ato Jabari Boldon (born 30 December 1973) 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 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 CBS and NBC Sports television broadcast analyst for track and field.
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