Hasely Crawford

Hasely Crawford
Hasely Crawford (press photo, 1975)
Full name	Hasely Joachim Crawford
nation	Trinidad and Tobago
birthday	August 16, 1950
place of birth	San Fernando , Trinidad and Tobago
size	187 cm
Weight	90 kg
Career
discipline	sprint
Best performance	10.06 s ( 100 m ) 20.2 s ( 200 m )
society	Eastern Michigan Eagles
status	resigned
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × 0 × 0 × Panamerica. Games 0 × 1 × 0 × Commonwealth Games 0 × 1 × 2 ×
Olympic games gold Montreal 1976 100 m  Pan American Games silver Mexico City 1975 100 m  Commonwealth Games silver Edinburgh 1970 100 m silver Edmonton 1978 4 × 100 m bronze Edmonton 1978 100 m

Hasely Joachim Crawford TC (born August 16, 1950 in San Fernando ) is a former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago . He is the first Olympic champion in his country and was the only one up until Keshorn Walcott's gold medal in the javelin throw in 2012.

biography

Crawford did not begin athletics training until he was 17. His international career began in 1970 when he won the bronze medal at the British Commonwealth Games over 100 meters. At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , Crawford had to give up the race after only 20 meters due to an injury.

1975 Crawford joined the training group of the American Rob Parks . Crawford ran only a few races each season. This tactic paid off: At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal , Crawford won the 100-meter race, making it his country's first Olympic champion. He also qualified for the 200-meter final, but had to cancel his participation in the race due to an injury.

Crawford's last success was the 100 meter bronze medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games . Although he took part in the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, he was unable to qualify for the final run on both occasions.

Crawford is a national hero in his homeland : he is featured on a postage stamp and a sports stadium has been named after him. In 1978 he was awarded the Trinity Cross , the highest order of Trinidad at the time.

Web links

• Hasely Crawford in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Hasely Crawford in the database of World Athletics (English)