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Ato Boldon Biography

Ato Boldon is one of the most popular and richest Runner who was born on December 30, 1973 in birthplace.Port of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago. Legendary former sprinter who won four Olympic medals and set national records in the 50, 60, 100 and 200 meter events. Following his illustrious athletic career, he became a track and field analyst for NBC and ESPN.

He and American sprinter Tyson Gay are both World Champions in the men’s 200 meter race.

Boldon was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago to a Jamaican mother and Trinidadian father. He attended Fatima College (Secondary School) in Trinidad before leaving for the United States at age fourteen. In December 1989, as a soccer player at Jamaica High School in Queens, New York City, head track and field coach Joe Trupiano noticed his sprinting abilities during a soccer practice session.

In his first track season at age 16, Boldon finished with 21.20 seconds in the 200 metres and 48.40 seconds in the 400 metres, recording a double win at the Queens County Championships in 1990, and earning MVP honours. After transferring for his final year from Jamaica High to Piedmont Hills High School in San Jose, California, Boldon was selected to the San Jose Mercury News’ Santa Clara all-county soccer team. He also continued to sprint, placing third in the 200 m at the CIF California State Meet in 1991. Athletics became his primary focus and he won the Junior Olympic Title that summer in Durham, North Carolina, in 200 m.

He was married to Cassandra Mills from 1998 to 2005.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Boldon won his first international senior-level medal at the 1995 World Championships, taking home the bronze in the 100 m. At the time, he was the youngest athlete ever at 21 years of age to win a medal in that event. The following year at the 1996 Summer Olympics, he again placed third in the 100 m and 200 m events, both behind world records. In 1997, he won the 200 m at the World Championships in Athens, Greece; his country’s first world title in the Athletics World Championships. This made him one of only a few male sprinters to win both a World Junior and World Senior title.

Ato Boldon Net Worth

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

He left Trinidad for the United States at age fourteen and played soccer at Jamaica High School in Queens, New York.

Ato Boldon Stadium, constructed by the Trinidadian government for the 2001 Under-17 World Cup, was named in his honor.

Ato Jabari Boldon OLY (born 30 December 1973) is a former track and field athlete and politician from Trinidad and Tobago and four-time Olympic medal winner. He holds the Trinidad and Tobago national record in the 50, 60 and 200 metres events with times of 5.64, 6.49 and 19.77 seconds respectively, and also the Commonwealth Games record in the 100 m. He also held the 100m national record at 9.86s, having run it four times until Richard Thompson ran 9.85s on 13 August 2011.

Boldon was also an NCAA Champion while enrolled as a sociology major at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1995 in the 200 m. In 1996, he secured an NCAA 100 m Championship in Eugene, Oregon in the final race of his collegiate career, setting an NCAA meet record of 9.92 s, which still stands. Boldon also held the collegiate 100 m record with 9.90 s from 1996 until it was broken by Travis Padgett, who ran 9.89s, in 2008. Ngonidzashe Makusha later equalled this record at the 2011 NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa

Boldon married entertainment executive/manager Cassandra Mills in 1998 after a three-year courtship. Boldon and Mills divorced in 2005. They had no children together. He has two daughters from previous relationships. He resides in Florida.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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At 18, Boldon represented Trinidad and Tobago at 100 metres and 200 m in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona but did not qualify in the first round of either event. Boldon returned to the junior circuit, winning the 100 m and 200 m titles at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics in Seoul, South Korea to become the first double sprint champion in World Junior Championships history.

At the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain, Boldon could not compete due to a serious injury. The British Broadcasting Corporation hired him to do commentary and analysis for their coverage of those Championships. He proved popular with the audience and was invited back as a track-side analyst for the BBC coverage of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in 2000, from Sacramento, California.

Who is Ato Boldon Dating?

According to our records, Ato Boldon married to Cassandra Mills . As of December 1, 2023, Ato Boldon’s is not dating anyone.

The following year saw Boldon reaching the peak of his career, setting a new personal best and national record of 9.86 s in the 100 m at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, California on 19 April and repeating the feat in Athens on 17 June. He picked up gold in the 100 m at the 1998 Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, setting a record time of 9.88 s, beating Namibia’s Frankie Fredericks (9.96 s) and Barbados’ Obadele Thompson (10.00 s). The Commonwealth Games 100 m record remains unbroken.

Facts & Trivia

Ato Ranked on the list of most popular Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Trinidad And Tobago. Ato Boldon celebrates birthday on December 30 of every year.

In 1999, Boldon ran 9.86 s twice in the 100 m before sustaining a serious hamstring injury which forced him to miss the World Championships in Seville – the only Championship he missed in his career due to injury.

What is Ato Boldon doing now?

After retiring from his track career, Boldon was an Opposition Senator in the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament, representing the United National Congress from 2006–2007. Boldon works as an NBC Sports television broadcast analyst for track and field.

What is Ato Boldon known for?

Biography. Ato Boldon is one of the greatest sprinters of all-time to never win an Olympic gold medal. A four-time Olympian, he did win four Olympic medals, with bronzes in the 200 in 1996 and 2000, and in the 100 in 1996, adding a silver medal in the 100 at Sydney in 2000.

Where did Ato Boldon go to college?

College

Where was Ato Boldon born?

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Who are the commentators for NBC track and field?

– July 12, 2022 – NBC Sports track & field analysts Ato Boldon, Sanya Richards-Ross, Kara Goucher, and Trey Hardee preview the upcoming World Track & Field Championships Oregon22, which begin this Friday, July 15, and conclude on Friday, July 15.

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