Edwin Roberts

This article is about the athlete Edwin Roberts. On the politician, see Edwin Ewing Roberts .

Edwin Roberts ( Edwin Anthony Roberts ; born August 12, 1941 in Port of Spain ) is a former Trinidadian track and field athlete and Olympian.

He made his first impression in the world of athletics in 1961 in Guaracara Park , when he beat Milka Singh , who had finished 4th at the Olympic Games in Rome a year earlier . He made his international debut in 1962 at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Kingston , where he won silver in the 100-meter run and in the 4-by-100-meter relay as well as the bronze medal in the 4-by-400-meter Season . In the same year he also took part in the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth , but could not win a medal. He later accepted an athletics scholarship to North Carolina Central University and was on the national team from 1964 to 1972.

He went down in the history of Trinidad and Tobago with his bronze medal, which he won in the 200-meter run at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics as the first medalist for his country in an individual discipline. He also won the team bronze medal in the 4-by-400-meter relay.

At the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston in 1966 , he won bronze over 100 yards , silver over 220 yards and gold in the 4-by-440-yard relay. In 1968 he was fourth over 200 m at the Olympic Games in Mexico City and came in sixth place with the team in the 4 x 400 meter relay. At the British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1970 , this was followed by silver over 200 m and in the 4 x 400 meter relay.

Roberts was the second Trinidadian to take part in three consecutive Olympics. After the 1972 games in Munich, where he reached the quarter-finals over 200 m and finished eighth in the 4-by-400-meter relay, he ended his athletic career.

Web links

• Edwin Roberts in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )