Clifton Bertrand
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| Born | 2 March 1936 Arima, Trinidad and Tobago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 November 2020 (aged 84) New York City, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Clifton Bertrand (2 March 1936 – 28 November 2020) was a Trinidadian sprinter.[1]
Biography
He won a gold medal in
Michael Agostini, Wilton Jackson and Jamaican Dennis Johnson. Bertrand then competed at the 1960 Olympic Games, reaching the quarter-finals of the 200 metres. He also ran in the heats of the 4x400 metres relay for the British West Indian Federation team that would later, in the final, win a bronze medal.[citation needed
]
Bertrand left Trinidad and Tobago for the United States. He eventually graduated with a B.S. and M.S. from the
NCAA championship.[citation needed
]
At the
1966 Commonwealth Games he finished eighth in the 4 x 110 yards relay with teammates Henry Noel, Cipriani Phillip and Winston Short.[citation needed
]
In 2008, Bertrand was inducted into the Trinidad and Tobago Hall of Fame along with other well respected and deserving Trinidadian athletes.[citation needed]
His wife Phoebe Yuille Bertrand died in 2003 and their daughter, a Georgetown University Law Center graduate, resides in New York with her husband.
References
- ^ "Clifton Bertrand". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.