| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men'sathletics | ||
Representing Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1976 Montreal | 100 m |
| Pan American Games | ||
 | 1975 Mexico City | 100 m |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| 1978 Edmonton | 4 × 100 m |
 | 1970 Edinburgh | 100 m |
| 1978 Edmonton | 100 m |
Hasely Joachim CrawfordTC,OLY (born 16 August 1950) is a formertrack and field athlete fromTrinidad and Tobago. In 1976, he became his country's firstOlympic champion.[1]Hasely Crawford Stadium, inPort of Spain, was renamed in his honour in 2001.
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Crawford was born inSan Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, one of the eleven children of Lionel Crawford and Phyllis Holder, and began pursuing athletics at the age of 17. He is a six-time Trinidad and Tobago 100 metres champion, and won the 200 metre title in 1976. He debuted internationally in 1970, winning a bronze medal in the 100 metres at theCommonwealth Games. Only two years later, he surprisingly qualified for the 100 metres final of the Olympics inMunich, but pulled his hamstring after 20 metres and failed to finish.
Crawford ran forEastern Michigan University under coach Bob Parks during his college years.He was the runner up at the1975 Pan American Games in the 100 metres. His coach prepared him for the 100 metres and 200 metres events at the1976 Summer Olympics with a strategy of only allowing him to run in a few races during the season. This tactic paid off, as Crawford, in the inside lane 1, narrowly won the100 metres final in a time of 10.06 seconds, just 0.02 seconds in front ofDon Quarrie ofJamaica, winningTrinidad and Tobago's first Olympic gold medal.[2] He had also qualified for the200 metres final, but was forced to pull out mid-race after injuring his pelvis
After these Games, Crawford met with further success, winning the 100 metres event at theCentral American and Caribbean Championships in 1977.[3] On returning home, Hasely Crawford had both a jet and a stadium named after him. During his reign as the 100 metre Olympic champion, he also appeared on postage stamps and was awarded Trinidad and Tobago's highest honour,Trinity Cross, in 1978. This award was changed to the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Crawford went on to compete in a total of four Olympic Games as he also represented T&T at both theMoscow andLos Angeles editions in 1980 and 1984, but was unable to qualify for another final. Crawford's last international medals were a bronze and a silver which he won at the1978 Commonwealth Games in the 100 metres and the 4 × 100 metres relay respectively.[4] In 2000, he was named the Trinidad & Tobago Athlete of the Millennium. He is a member of the Caribbean Hall of Fame, along withAto Boldon andArthur Wint, one of only three track and field athletes to be inducted.[5]
1Did not finish in the final
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| Preceded by | Flagbearer for Trinidad and Tobago Munich 1972,Montreal 1976, Moscow 1980,Los Angeles 1984 | Succeeded by |
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