George Bovell
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| Full name | George Bovell III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Born | July 18, 1983 Trinidad |
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| Height | 6'5" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stroke(s) | individual medley, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Auburn Tigers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Bovell III (born July 18, 1983) is a three-time Olympic swimmer from Trinidad and Tobago. He represented the country at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the men's 200 IM:the 9th medalist in the country's history and 12th medal overall.[6] It was also the first-ever Olympic swimming medal for the country, and T&T's only medal from the 2004 Olympics.
Bovell was also credited with the Male Swimmer of the Year 2008 the Amateur Swimming Association of Trinidad and Tobago (ASATT).[7]
Bovell carried the T&T flag at the opening ceremony of the 20th Central American and Caribbean Games in Cartagena, Colombia and at the Beijing Olympics 2008.
Prior to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing Bovell was training in the Florida Keys with the Race Club under the guidance of Mike Bottom. Currently, Bovell is back in Auburn training under Brett Hawke.
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- ^ "2004 Olympic Games swimming results". CNN. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/schedules/117BySport.html. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ "Swimming Results". http://sports123.com/swi/index.html. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
- ^ "Swimming Results". http://sports123.com/swi/index.html. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
- ^ "Swimming Results". http://sports123.com/swi/index.html. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
- ^ "Pan American Games Rio 2007 Results". Archived from the original on 2007-07-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20070714230548/http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/8CA3C784139C20FF01139C2C41550F77.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
- ^ "Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday, Let the Games begin, By JOAN RAMPERSAD Friday, August 8, 2008". http://newsday.co.tt/features/0,84015.html. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ "Bovell and McLean Top ASATT awards". http://www.windiessports.com/2009/01/29/bovell-and-mclean-top-asatt-awards/. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
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| Preceded by Attila Czene |
World Record Holder Men's 200 Individual Medley (25m) March 25, 2004 – December 8, 2005 |
Succeeded by László Cseh |
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