George Bovell III (born on July 18, 1983) is the ninth person ever to win an Olympic medal for Trinidad and Tobago. His bronze in Athens in 2004 represents the 12th medal that Trinidad has achieved in the Olympics. July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This medal was the first for the English speaking Caribbean in the Athens 2004 games, the Caribbean's first medal ever in the sport of swimming, and the only medal for Trinidad and Tobago in Athens 2004.
Is my cousin.. he kicks ass.. but im better ; ) Trinidad and Tobago first participated in the Summer Olympic Games in 1948, before they attained their independence from Great Britain. ...
Bovell clocked a good 26.20 seconds over the first 50 metres, the butterfly leg, at the end of which he was sixth; then he moved up to third position at the end of the backstroke leg.
Bovell’s father GeorgeBovell II, who is the swimming team’s manager, said now that the competition was over his son would use the rest of his stay in Greece to do some sightseeing before returning home to Trinidad on August 31—Independence Day.
Nicholas, George’s younger brother, watched the individual medley race from his aunt Donna Pollard’s house in Ellerslie Park where he is recuperating from a rupture in his ear that occurred during training in Auburn on July 31.
Bovell, who achieved an English-speaking Caribbean all-time best World (long course) Championship fourth place finish in Japan this summer, got second in his pet event, the 200 Individual Medley (IM) in two minutes 00.02 seconds behind 200-fly world record holder Michael Phelps (1:59.07) of the United States.
Phelps also beat Bovell (1:47.58) in the 200 metres freestyle, and the 18-year-old Caribbean star collected a bronze medal in the 100-free in a national record 49.72 seconds.
Bovell was also fourth in the 200 backstroke and seventh in the 400 IM.
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