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Ato Boldon

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Ato Jabari Boldon (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 100 m national record at 9.86 s, having run it four times until Richard Thompson ran 9.85 s 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 to 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2024). Ato Boldon is the 2,741st most popular athlete (down from 2,515th in 2024), the 35th most popular biography from Trinidad and Tobago (down from 31st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Trinidadian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Ato Boldon ranks 2,745 out of 6,025. Before him are Bombayla Devi Laishram, Galina Murašova, Eddie Arcaro, Rico Verhoeven, Choe Chol-su, Sarah English, Mislav Bezmalinović, Adrián Annus, Erhard Wunderlich, and Sophie Moressée-Pichot. After him are Grigory Kiriyenko, and Irina Belova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Ato Boldon ranks 532. Before him are Shigeyoshi Mochizuki, Eric Lindros, Nâdiya, Jeon Ki-young, Adrián Annus, and Maximiliano Hernández. After him are Rebecca Lord, Dominique Monami, Michaela Dorfmeister, Ye Ji-won, Tomasz Radzinski, and Alexei Yashin.

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In Trinidad and Tobago

Among people born in Trinidad and Tobago, Ato Boldon ranks 35 out of 71. Before him are McDonald Bailey (1920), Basdeo Panday (1933), Marian Marsh (1913), Richard Thompson (1985), Gary Goodridge (1966), and Silvio Spann (1981). After him are Noor Hassanali (1918), Winston Duke (1986), Marc Burns (1983), Stern John (1976), Heather Headley (1974), and Emmanuel Callender (1984).

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Among ATHLETES In Trinidad and Tobago

Among athletes born in Trinidad and Tobago, Ato Boldon ranks 5. Before him are David Jenkins (1952), Hasely Crawford (1950), McDonald Bailey (1920), and Richard Thompson (1985). After him are Marc Burns (1983), Emmanuel Callender (1984), Kerron Clement (1985), Jillian Richardson (1965), Glenroy Gilbert (1968), Keshorn Walcott (1993), and Keston Bledman (1988).

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