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Hasely Crawford
Trinidadian sprinter
Hasely Joachim CrawfordTC, OLY (born 16 August ) is a former track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago.
In , he became his country's first Olympic champion.[1]Hasely Crawford Stadium, in Port of Spain, was renamed in his honour in
Early years
Crawford was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, one of the eleven children of Lionel Crawford and Phyllis Holder, and began pursuing athletics at the age of He is a six-time Trinidad and Tobago metres champion, and won the metre title in He debuted internationally in , winning a bronze medal in the metres at the Commonwealth Games.
Only two years later, he surprisingly qualified for the metres final of the Olympics in Munich, but pulled his hamstring after 20 metres and failed to finish.
Gold vip lounge - hasely crawford stadium
Athletic career
Crawford ran for Eastern Michigan University under coach Bob Parks during his college years. He was the runner up at the Pan American Games in the metres. His coach