"Raj Paul"

HASELY   JOAQUIM   CRAWFORD DATE OF BIRTH: August 16, 1950 PLACE OF BIRTH: San Fernando, Trinidad EDUCATION: San Fernando Seventh Day Adventist Primary School San Fernando Boys' Government School ASJA College Eastern Michican University, Michigan, USA OLYMPIC EVENTS: Athletics: 100 meters 200 meters 4 x 100 meters Relay CAREER:                                    In honor of his gold medal feat at the 1976 Olympics, Crawford had a BWIA airplane named after him. His career included the following major accomplishments: 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games, Panama City, Panama - 100 meters (5th, 10.6); 4 x 100 meters Relay (5th, 41.6, with Christopher Brathwaite, Gerald Donatien, and George Simon); 4 x 400 meters Relay (Semifinals, 3:17.0, with Christopher Brathwaite, Gerald Donatien, and George Simon) 1970 British Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh, Scotland - 100 meters (3rd, 10.33); 4 x 100 meters Relay (6th, 40.37, with Carl Archer, Edwin Roberts, and John Mottley) 1972 Olympics, Munich, Germany - 100 meters Final (Pulled up lame) 1975 Pan American Games, Mexico City, Mexico - 100 meters (2nd, 10.21); 200 meters (Quarterfinals, 21.65); 4 x 100 meters Relay (5th, 39.25, with Christopher Brathwaite, Charles Joseph, and Rudolph Reid) 1976 Olympics, Montreal, Canada - 100 meters (1st, 10.06); 200 meters (Final, Did not finish) 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games, Medellin, Columbia - 4 x 100 meters Relay (1st, 39.13, with Anthony Husbands, Edwin Noel, and Ephraim Serrette) 1978 British Commonwealth Games, Edmonton, Canada - 100 meters (3rd, 10.09); 4 x 100 meters Relay (2nd, 39.29, with Christopher Brathwaite, Edwin Noel, and Ephraim Serrette) 1979 Pan American Games, San Juan, Puerto Rico - 4 x 100 meters Relay (7th, 40.44, with Edwin Noel, Ephraim Serrette, and Linton Williams) 1980 Olympics, Moscow, Russia - 100 meters (Quarterfinals, 10.28); 4 x 100 meters Relay (Semifinals, 39.74, with Christopher Brathwaite, Andrew Bruce, and Edwin Noel) 1982 British Commonwealth Games, Brisbane, Australia - 100 meters (Semifinals, 10.40) 1983 Pan American Games, Caracas, Venezuela - 4 x 100 meters Relay (5th, 39.40, with Christopher Brathwaite, Andrew Bruce, and Andrew George) 1984 Olympics, Los Angeles, USA - 100 meters (Quarterfinals, 10.56) AWARDS: 1976 - Trinidad & Tobago Trinity Cross (for Sport) 2000 - Trinidad & Tobago Athlete of the Millennium 2005 - Central American and Caribbean Hall of Fame 2012 - Commonwealth Sports Awards - Lifetime Achievement Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit