Edwin Anthony Roberts (born 12 August 1941) is a retired Trinidadian runner. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics in various sprint events and had his best results in the 200 m, in which he finished third in 1964 and fourth in 1968. He also won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay in 1964.
Roberts attended North Carolina College in the United States between 1962 and 1966 where he was a member of the college track team. He was also part of the Trinidadian team that set a world record at 3:02.8 in the 4×440 yd relay at the 1966 Commonwealth Games.Progression of IAAF World Records 2011 Edition, Editor Imre Matrahazi, IAAF Athletics, p. 140. He was among world's top ten sprinters from 1964 to 1971, according to the votes of the experts of Track and Field News.
In 1969 Roberts was awarded the Trinidad & Tobago Humming Bird Medal Bronze. In 1977, a picture featuring Edwin Roberts, Su Wen-ho, Motsapi Moorosi and Valeriy Borzov and in the 200 m heats at the 1972 Summer Olympics was selected for the Voyager Golden Record and later launched into space aboard two Voyager spacecraft.Sprinters (Valeri Borzov of the U.S.S.R. in lead)From the Olympics to outer space - The untold story of Munich '72 In 1984, he was inducted into the Alex M. Rivera Athletics Hall of Fame at North Carolina Central University.Edwin Roberts, Induction Class of 1984, Track and Field, NCCU Eagles, Alex M. Rivera Athletics Hall of Fame. nccueaglepride.com. In 1987, he was inducted into the Trinidad and Tobago Sports Hall of Fame."Roberts, Edwin" , Trinidad and Tobago Sports Hall of Fame. In 2005, he was inducted into the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation Hall of Fame."Edwin Anthony ROBERTS" , Hall of Fame, AthleCAC.org. Retrieved 18 April 2014."Hasely Crawford inducted into CAC Hall of Fame", Kwame Laurence - Trinidad Express - for the IAAF, IAAF Athletics, General News, 10 January 2006.
+World RankingsYear100 m200 m1964 5th 3rd1965 - 7th1966 - 4th1967 - 9th1968 - 6th1969 - 4th1970 - 5th1971 - 10th
International competitions Representing 1962Central American and Caribbean GamesKingston, Jamaica3rd200 m21.42nd4 × 100 m relay40.72nd4 × 400 m relay3:12.5British Empire and Commonwealth GamesPerth, Australia18th (qf)100 y10.013th (qf)220 y22.21964Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan3rd200 m20.63rd4 × 400 m relay3:01.71966Central American and Caribbean GamesSan Juan, Puerto Rico2nd100 m10.31st200 m20.82nd4 × 100 m relay40.62nd4 × 400 m relay3:09.4British Empire and Commonwealth GamesKingston, Jamaica3rd100 y9.522nd220 y20.931st4 × 440 y relay3:02.81968Olympic GamesMexico City, Mexico4th200 m20.3410th (sf)4 × 100 m relay39.56th4 × 400 m relay3:04.51970Pan American GamesEdinburgh, United Kingdom2nd200 m20.696th400 m46.16th4 × 100 m relay40.32nd4 × 400 m relay3:05.491971Pan American GamesCali, Colombia3rd200 m20.39 –4 × 100 m relayDQ3rd4 × 400 m relay3:04.581972Olympic GamesMunich, West Germany22nd (qf)200 m20.998th4 × 400 m relay3:03.58
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