Ian Morris (athlete)
Ian ("Frinty") Morris (born 30 November 1961 in Siparia) is a retired male track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 400 metres. A former soccer player for the Siparia Angels in South Trinidad, he did not take up athletics until the age of 23. He occasionally ran the 200 metres, and even competed in the 800 metres at the 1987 World Indoor Championships. He is now a member of the Siparia Rhythm Section.He is also the Coach of the Siparia Athletics Club.
His personal best time was 44.21 seconds, achieved in the semifinal of the 1992 Olympics. The result gives him 23rd place on the all-time performers list. At 44.21, for 24 years he held the Trinidad and Tobago record which was eventually broken by Machel Cedenio in the 2016 Rio Olympics in a time of 44.01.
International competitions
[edit]1Representing the Americas
2Did not finish in the semifinals
3Did not start in the semifinals
External links
[edit]- Ian Morris at World Athletics
- Ian Morris at Olympics.com
- Ian Morris at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Trinidad and Tobago male sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Olympic athletes for Trinidad and Tobago
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Trinidad and Tobago
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Trinidad and Tobago
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Trinidad and Tobago
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- People from Siparia region
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Trinidad and Tobago
- Competitors at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
- Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Trinidad and Tobago athletics biography stubs