TYRESE HARVEY FORM 2A

PHYISICAL EDUCATION TRACK AND FEILD PROJECT

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ATHLETE EDWIN ROBERT

Edwin Roberts became the country’s first Olympic medallist in the sport of athletics, claiming
bronze in the men’s 200 metres final in 20.6 seconds.Edwin Anthony Roberts (born 12 August
1941 in Port of Spain) was a Trinidadian athlete who competed mainly in the 200 metre

He then teamed up with Edwin Skinner, Kent Bernard and Wendell Mottley to again win a
bronze medal, this time in the 4 x 400 m relay.At the next Olympic Games in 1968, he finished
fourth in the individual event and sixth in the relay. His last Olympic appearance was in 1972 in
Munich, where the relay team finished eighth.

Other medals include:

gold medals at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games (200 metres and 4x400 metres
relay );

silver medals at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games (4x100 metres and 4x400
metres relay) ;

silver medals at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games (100 metres and 4x100 metres
relay );

silver medals at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (220 yards and 4x400
metres relay;

silver medals at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games (200 metres and 4x400 metres);

bronze medal at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games (200 metres);

bronze medal at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (100 yards);

bronze medals at the 1971 Pan American Games (200 metres and 4x400 metres);

His 1966 win at the Commonwealth Games in the 4x440 y event was in a world-record time of
3:02.8

Rankings

Roberts was ranked in the top ten sprinters in the world from 1964 to 1971, according to the
votes of the experts of Track and Field News.
World Rankings

Year 100 m 200 m

1964 5th 3rd

1965 - 7th

1966 - 4th

1967 - 9th

1968 - 6th

1969 - 4th

1970 - 5th

1971 - 10th

Roberts attended North Carolina College in the United States between 1962 and 1996 where he
was a successful member of the college track team.

As of 2014, Roberts is a retired physical education teacher and track coach.

“I think there was a greater sense of nationalism,” says historian Dr Basil Ince, “because Trinidad
and Tobago had just become independent. The real nationalist environment came with Eric
Williams, from ’56, moving towards independence. So, by the time we went to the Games, in
’64…people were looking forward to these Games because Trinidad was now a sovereign nation.

BY: Tyrese Harvey