Ato Boldon Biography

Fast Facts

• Once held NCAA championship-meet record in the 100 meters
• In the 1995 World Championships, at 21, he won a bronze medal in the 100 meters, which made him the youngest to ever medal in that event
• Is one of only a few male sprinters to win both a World Junior and World Senior event
• A four-time Olympic medal-winning sprinter
• In 2001, a newly built stadium in Couva, Trinidad and Tobago, was named the Ato Boldon Stadium
• From 2006 to '07, served as an Opposition Senator in the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament
• In 2006, wrote, produced and directed the sports documentary Once in a Lifetime: Boldon in Bahrain, about the Trinidad and Tobago national soccer team's FIFA qualifying contest against Bahrain
• Was nominated for the 2013 Sports Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Sports Personality for his coverage of the 2012 London Olympics
• Has been a television broadcaster for ESPN, NBC Sports, CBS and the BBC