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EUGENIA THEODOSIA PIERRE
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| DATE OF BIRTH: |
1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH: |
..., Trinidad |
| EDUCATION: |
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| CAREER: Pierre was an outstanding netball player who played on the higly decorated 1979 T&T netball team that shared the World Championship with Australia and New Zealand. She later became a government sports minister in Trinidad in 1991-95. In recognition of her contributions to netball in T&T, the Jean Pierre sports complex in Port-of-Spain was named after her. |
AWARDS:
- 1974 - Trinidad & Tobago Humming Bird Medal Gold (for Netball)
- 1979 - Trinidad & Tobago Trinity Cross (for Netball)
- 1979 - Trinidad & Tobago Chaconia Medal Gold
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| DIED: |
December 2, 2002, after a long battle with colon cancer in the Cayman Islands where she was working as a coach.
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| Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit |
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