Hasely Crawford

Quick Facts

Full Name	Hasely Crawford
Occupation	Runner
Date Of Birth	Aug 16, 1950(1950-08-16)
Age	74
Birthplace	San Fernando
Country	Trinidad and Tobago
Horoscope	Leo

Hasely Crawford Biography

Hasely Crawford is one of the most popular and richest Runner who was born on August 16, 1950 in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidadian athlete who was the first Olympic champion of the country after winning the 100 meter at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.

He was eligible for the 1972 Olympics, but he didn’t enter.

After finishing as the runner up at the 1975 Pan American Games in the 100 metres, Crawford was added to the team of American coach Bob Parks. His new coach prepared him for the 100 metres and 200 metres events at the 1976 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 outside lane 1, narrowly won the 100 metres final in a time of 10.06 seconds, just 0.02 seconds in front of Don Quarrie of Jamaica, winning Trinidad and Tobago’s first Olympic gold medal. He had also qualified for the 200 metres final, but was forced to pull out mid-race after injuring his pelvis

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 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 the Commonwealth Games. Only two years later, he surprisingly qualified for the 100 metres final of the Olympics in Munich, but pulled his hamstring after 20 metres and failed to finish.

He was one of Lionel Crawford’s 11 children.

Hasely Crawford Net Worth

Hasely Crawford is one of the richest Runner from Trinidad and Tobago. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Hasely Crawford 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At the age of 17, he began to pursue athletics.

He was awarded a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in the 100 meter.

Hasely Joachim Crawford TC (born 16 August 1950) is a former track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago. In 1976, he became his country’s first Olympic champion and the first Olympic 100m champion from a Caribbean country. A stadium was renamed in his honor in 2001.

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Facts & Trivia

Hasely Ranked on the list of most popular Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Trinidad and Tobago. Hasely Crawford celebrates birthday on August 16 of every year.

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Medal record
Men’s athletics
| 1975 Mexico City| 100m
Commonwealth Games
| 1978 Edmonton| 4x100m

Who won the first gold medal for Trinidad and Tobago?

Crawford won a 100 m silver at the 1975 Pan American Games and, as an Eastern Michigan University student, won the 1975 NCAA 100 m title. At the Olympics, Crawford narrowly won the 100 metre final in a time of 10.06, just 0.02 in front of Don Quarrie of Jamaica, winning Trinidad and Tobago’s first Olympic gold medal.

What did Hasely Crawford contribute to Trinidad?

Crawford became Trinidad and Tobago’s first and only gold medallist in Olympic history when he captured the men’s 100m title at the Olympic Games, in Montreal, Canada on 24 July 1976.

What year did Hasely Crawford win gold medal?

Olympic Champion In 1976 , Hasely won the gold medal in the men’s 100-metre race at the Montreal Olympics, thereby earning Trinidad and Tobago’s first Olympic gold medal. Hasely Crawford remained Trinidad and Tobago’s lone Olympic gold medallist for 36 years.

Who is a Trinidad and Tobago Olympic gold medalist?