Ato Boldon

Ato Boldon 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 Trinidad and Tobago national record holder in the 50, 60 and 200 meters events with times of 5.64, 6.49 and 19.77 seconds respectively.

He also held the 100 m 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.

Date of birth:
30th December, 1973
"The first few weeks football players look at you like you are speaking a foreign language. My job is to get them to trust me, trust the system. I ask them to run in a way that makes no sense to them."
― Ato Boldon
Topic(s): Trust

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