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Medal record Men's Athletics Competitor for Trinidad and Tobago Commonwealth Games Gold Vancouver 1954 100 yards Pan American Games Silver Mexico City 1955 100 metres Silver Chicago 1959 100 metres Bronze Mexico City 1955 200 metres Bronze Chicago 1959 200 metres Bronze Chicago 1959 4x100 metres Mike Agostini (Michael George Raymond Agostini; born January 23, 1935) is a former track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago. In 1954, he became the first athlete from that state to take a gold medal at what is now known as the Commonwealth Games when he won the 100 yards final in Vancouver, Canada on July 31.
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Commonwealth Champions in Men's 100 m 1930 – 1966: 100 yards • 1970 – 2006: 100 metres1930: Percy Williams (CAN) • 1934: Arthur Sweeney (ENG) • 1938: Cyril Holmes (ENG) • 1950: John Treloar (AUS) • 1954: Mike Agostini (TRI) • 1958: Keith Gardner (JAM) • 1962: Seraphino Antao (KEN) • 1966: Harry Jerome (CAN) • 1970 – 1978: Don Quarrie (JAM) • 1982: Allan Wells (SCO) • 1986: Ben Johnson (CAN) • 1990 – 1994: Linford Christie (ENG) • 1998: Ato Boldon (TRI) • 2002: Kim Collins (SKN) • 2006: Asafa Powell (JAM) • 2010: Lerone Clarke (JAM)
Categories:- 1935 births
- Living people
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- Trinidad and Tobago athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1955 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Trinidad and Tobago
- Australian sportswriters
- Australian businesspeople
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidad and Tobago athletics biography stubs
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