Medal record
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	4x100 m relay
Bronze	1995 Gothenburg	100 m
Bronze	2001 Edmonton	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

Ato Jabari Boldon (born December 30, 1973) is a retired athlete from Trinidad and Tobago, the 1997 200 m World Champion and four-time Olympic medal winner. Only 2 other men in history, Frankie Fredericks of Namibia and Carl Lewis of the USA, have won as many Olympic individual event sprint medals (4). 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, and the coach of Saudi Arabia's national sprint team. A womens 400m hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. ... The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ... Mens Athletics Medal Winners at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics 100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 5,000 m 10,000 m Marathon 110 m Hurdles 400 m Hurdles 3,000 m Steeplechase 4 x 100 m Relay 4 x 400 m 20 km Walk 50... The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ... Mens Athletics Medal Winners at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics 100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 5,000 m 10,000 m Marathon 110 m Hurdles 400 m Hurdles 3,000 m Steeplechase 4 x 100 m Relay 4 x 400 m 20 km Walk 50... The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. ... The World Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations. ... The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997. ... The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between August 3 and August 12 and was the first time the event had visited North America. ... The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden between August 5 and August 13. ... The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between August 3 and August 12 and was the first time the event had visited North America. ... Current flag of the Commonwealth Games Federation Locations of the games, and participating countries Commonwealth Games Federation seal, adopted in 2001 The Commonwealth Games is a multinational, multi-sport event. ... Logo of the 2nd Games in Seattle The Goodwill Games were an international sports competition, created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s. ... The World Junior Championships can refer to: IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics World Junior Ice Hockey Championships World Junior Figure Skating Championships Category: ... is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Frank Fredericks (born October 2, 1967) is a Namibian athlete, the first and so far only Olympic medalist of his country. ... Frederick Carlton (Carl) Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is a retired American track and field athlete who won 10 Olympic medals including 9 golds, and 10 World Championships medals, of which 8 were golds, in a career that spanned from 1979 when he first achieved a world ranking to 1996... Parliamentary opposition is a form of political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster-based parliamentary system. ... The Senate is the appointed Upper House of the bicameral Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. ... The United National Congress (UNC) is one of the two major political organisations in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. ...

Career

Born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, Boldon left for the United States at age fourteen, in December of 1988, and became a soccer (football) player at Jamaica High School (New York City) in Queens. His sprinting capacities were discovered by Jamaica High head coach Joe Trupiano as he sprinted by during a soccer practice session. In his first major test, in his first track season, at age 16, he recorded a 21.2 seconds (200 m) and 48.4 seconds (400 m) double win at the Queens County Championships in 1990, earning MVP honors. After transferring for his final year from Jamaica High to Piedmont Hills High School in San Jose, California, Ato was selected to the San Jose Mercury News' Santa Clara all-county soccer team, and in 1991, he placed third in the California High School State Championships at 200 m. He would win the Junior Olympic Title that summer in Durham, North Carolina, at 200 m. Port of Spain is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago and the countrys third largest municipality, after Chaguanas and San Fernando. ... Jamaica High School is a secondary school in New York City, United States. ... Piedmont Hills High School is a comprehensive public four-year high school located in the Berryessa neighborhood of San Jose, California, USA. It is part of the East Side Union High School District and is the second highest performing school in the district, based on Californias Academic Performance Index. ...

At 18, Boldon represented Trinidad and Tobago at 100 m and 200 m in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, but did not advance out of the first round in either event. About a month later, Boldon bounced back to win the 100 m and 200 m titles at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics in Seoul, South Korea, becoming the first double sprint champion in World Junior Championships history. He is still the only male sprinter in athletics history to win a World Junior title (100 m, 200 m in 1992) and World Senior title (200 m in 1997). The 92 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal (City of Counts) Postal code 08001–08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ... The IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics are the world championships open for junior age (<20 years) athletes, organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations. ...

Ato was also an NCAA Champion while enrolled as a Sociology major at the University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA in 1995 in the 200 m dash. He secured his NCAA 100 m Championship in 1996, in Eugene, Oregon, in the final race of his collegiate career, setting a collegiate record of 9.92. That 9.92 seconds 100 m NCAA record still stands, over a decade after it was set. Binomial name Ucla xenogrammus Holleman, 1993 The largemouth triplefin, Ucla xenogrammus, is a fish of the family Tripterygiidae and only member of the genus Ucla, found in the Pacific Ocean from Viet Nam, the Philippines, Palau and the Caroline Islands to Papua New Guinea, Australia (including Christmas Island), and the...

Boldon won his first international "senior-level" medal at the 1995 World Championships, taking home the bronze in the 100 m. At the time, he was the youngest athlete ever to win a "worlds" medal in the 100 m dash - at 21 years of age. The following year at the 1996 Summer Olympics, he again placed third in the 100 m and 200 m events, both behind world records. In 1997, he won a World Championship, taking the 200 m at the World Championships in Athens, Greece, his country's first and only world title to date in the Athletics World Championships. The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden between August 5 and August 13. ... The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ... The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997. ...

The following year, Ato picked up gold in the 100 m at the 1998 Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, recording a record time of 9.88 seconds, beating Namibia's Frankie Fredericks (9.96) into silver and Barbados' Obadele Thompson (10.00) into bronze. That Commonwealth Games 100 m record remains unbroken. GOLD refers to one of the following: GOLD (IEEE) is an IEEE program designed to garner more student members at the university level (Graduates of the Last Decade). ... The 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from September 11 to September 21 making it the first Asian country to act as host and the last Commonwealth Games for 20th Century. ... Nickname: Motto: Maju dan makmur (Malay: Progress and Prosper) Location in Malaysia Coordinates: , Country State Establishment 1857 Granted city status 1974 Government  - Mayor (Datuk Bandar) Datuk Abdul Hakim Borhan From 14 December 2006 Area  - City 243. ... Frank Fredericks (born October 2, 1967) is a Namibian athlete, the first and so far only Olympic medalist of his country. ... Obadele Thompson (born March 30, 1976) is a sprint athlete from Barbados. ...

In 1999, Ato ran 9.86 seconds twice for 100 m before sustaining a serious hamstring injury which forced him to miss the World Championships in Seville - the only Championship he missed in his career due to injury.

A silver medal in the 100 m and a bronze in the 200 m were his results of the 2000 Summer Olympics, which was a personal victory, considering his comeback from a career-threatening injury the year before. The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...

In 2001, Boldon tested positive at an early-season relay meet for the stimulant ephedrine, and was given a warning, but was not suspended or sanctioned, since ephedrine is a substance found in many over the counter remedies, and Boldon had been treating a cold. “It is in no way something where the blame is laid on the athlete,” said IAAF General Secretary Istvan Gyulai of the positive result. Ephedrine (EPH) is a sympathomimetic amine similar in structure to the synthetic derivatives amphetamine and methamphetamine. ... The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics (known in the US as track and field). It was founded in 1912 at its first Congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation. ... István Gyulai (Budapest, March 21, 1943, – Monte Carlo, March 12, 2006) was a former Hungarian television commentator and General Secretary of the IAAF. A sprinter during his active athletics career, he was a 28-time national champion. ...

Also in 2001, at the World Championships in Edmonton, Canada, Boldon finished fourth and out of the medals in the men's 100 m dash, and then ran the 2nd leg of his country's 4 x 100 meter relay that finished third in the finals. A 4x100 m relay medal was unprecedented in either World or Olympic competition for Trinidad and Tobago, and Boldon lists leading this team of young men (avg. age of his teammates was 19) to national history as his greatest accomplishment on the track in his career. The colors of his 2001 World Championship medals would change in 2005, as both his placings were upgraded - to bronze and silver medals, after all the times and performances of the American sprinter Tim Montgomery (who was 2nd in the 100 m and won the 4x100 m with the US team) were removed from the record books for serious doping violations. That brought Ato's career total to 4 World Championship medals, to match his 4 Olympic medals. Timothy Montgomery (born January 25, 1975) is a former American athlete and 100 m record holder. ...

Ato was seriously injured in a head-on crash with a drunk driver in Barataria, Trinidad, in July of 2002, and never ran sub-ten seconds for 100 m or sub-twenty seconds for 200 m, something he had done prior to 2002 on 37 different occasions combined, ever again. In 2006, a judge in Trinidad found that Ato was not at fault in that accident and he was paid substantial damages as a result. That accident left Ato with a serious hip injury, and he was a shadow of his former self as a sprinter, up until his retirement in 2004 at the Athens Olympic Games, when he failed to advance out of the first round of the 100 m heats, but not before captaining his country's 4x100 m relay to their first-ever Olympic 4x100 m relay final, where they finished 7th.

Ato Boldon is the eighth person to win a medal for Trinidad and Tobago at the Olympics and currently has the third most wind-legal sub-10 second 100m performances in history, with 28, behind former training partner Maurice Greene, who has 52, and Jamaica's 100m World Record holder Asafa Powell. Trinidad and Tobago first participated in the Summer Olympic Games in 1948, before they attained their independence from Great Britain. ... Maurice Greene (born July 23, 1974) is an American sprinter in athletics, who holds several world records and Olympic medals. ... Asafa Powell (born 23 November 1982) is a Jamaican sprinter who currently holds the 100m world record with a time of 9. ...

Broadcasting

At the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain, Boldon could not compete due to a serious injury. The British Broadcasting Corporation hired him to do color commentary and analysis for their coverage of those Championships. He was an instant hit, and would be invited back to the BBC's airwaves, as a sideline reporter/analyst for the BBC coverage of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in 2000, from Sacramento, California. This article is an overview article about the Crown chartered British Broadcasting Corporation formed in 1927. ...

In 2006, Ato wrote, produced and directed a 73-minute DVD film entitled Once In A Lifetime: Boldon in Bahrain which documented his voyage with fellow fans/Trinidad and Tobago nationals to the Kingdom of Bahrain, where the Trinidad and Tobago soccer team, the Soca Warriors as they are known, defeated Bahrain 1-0 in a playoff, to become the smallest country ever to qualify for the FIFA World Cup Finals in soccer, in Germany 2006. First international Trinidad and Tobago 3 - 3 Dutch Guiana (Trinidad and Tobago; August 6, 1934) Biggest win Trinidad and Tobago 11 - 0 Aruba (Grenada; June 4, 1989) Biggest defeat Mexico 7 - 0 Trinidad and Tobago (Mexico City, Mexico; October 8, 2000) World Cup Appearances 1 (First in 2006) Best result... Official logo for the 2010 FIFA World Cup which will be hosted in South Africa, which means the World Cup will have been played in every continent except Antarctica. ...

For the past 3 years, Ato has been in the broadcast booth for the U.S. Television network CBS as part of the commentary team for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, giving a reported 57% boost to pre-2005 Nielsen ratings. In June of 2007, Ato made his debut on NBC, as an analyst for the 2007 U.S. National Championhips, and he also was an integral part of Versus and NBC's coverage of the 11th World Championships in Athletics from Osaka, Japan from August 25th to September 2nd, 2007. CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ...

Ato is also part-owner of the website www.hellenicathletes.com, to which he is a frequent contributor.

Politics

Boldon was sworn in on February 14, 2006, as a Senator representing the Opposition United National Congress following the resignation of former Senator Roy Augustus, who resigned on February 13 in a dispute over the leadership style of then Leader of the Opposition Basdeo Panday. Boldon resigned on April 11th, 2007, after 14 months as a senator, also citing issues with Panday's leadership ability. The Senate is the appointed Upper House of the bicameral Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. ... Parliamentary opposition is a form of political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster-based parliamentary system. ... The United National Congress (UNC) is one of the two major political organisations in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. ... Basdeo Panday Basdeo Panday (born May 25, 1933) was Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2001 and has served as Leader of the Opposition from 1976-1977, 1978-1986, 1989-1995 and 2001-present. ...

Personal Life

Ato Boldon married entertainment executive Cassandra Mills, on October 3rd, 1998 after a three-year courtship. Boldon and Mills divorced in 2005. Ato has a daughter, Bri Courtney Boldon (born 1992) from a previous relationship.

In 2000, Ato was made a sports ambassador by the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, and given a diplomatic passport. He is widely recognized as one of the all-time leading sportsmen in the history of the Caribbean, as well as one of its most internationally recognizable and outspoken.

Ato is a pilot, having earned his private pilot's licence in August of 2005. He is a member of AOPA, the Aircraft Owners and Pilot's Association, and flies frequently out of Van Nuys Airport, the largest general aviation airport in the world, close to his home in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley. He has stated his intent to purchase a Columbia 400 aircraft. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) is a not-for-profit organization whose membership consists mainly of general aviation pilots in the United States. ... Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY,ICAO: KVNY) is a public airport located in Van Nuys, California in the San Fernando Valley, within the Los Angeles city limits. ... San Fernando Valley from its southwestern edge. ...

Achievements

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Personal bests

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External links

• Ato Boldon's Official Website
• HellenicAthletes.com
• "Boldon in Bahrain" DVD
• Sprint Statistics