Description
Glenroy John Gilbert is a Canadian former track and field athlete, winner of gold medal in 4�100 metres relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Glenroy Gilbert formed along with Robert Esmie, Bruny Surin and Donovan Bailey the best 4x100 m relay team in the mid-1990s.
Gilbert made his debut at the major international championships at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where he was 21 in the Long Jump. At the 1990 Commonwealth Games, Gilbert was eighth in long jump and reached the semifinal as a member of Canadian 4x100 m relay team at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Gilbert won his first medal at the 1993 World Championships, when the Canadian 4x100 m relay team finished in a third place. At the 1994 Commonwealth Games, Gilbert won the gold medal in 4x100 m relay and was fifth in 100 m. Gilbert also competed in bobsleigh at 1994 Winter Olympics, where he finished fifteenth in two-man bobsled and eleventh in four-man bobsled. As all modern sprinters muscularly built, Gilbert had particularly well-developed trapezius muscles.
Born
August 31st, 1968 in Port of Spain (Age 56)
Last Changes
2021/06/18
New Address: Available to members only
2017/05/28
A Scanned Autograph has been removed
2014/03/09
New Scanned Autograph (TTM/Prob.Auth)