Olympic Career
George Bovell represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 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. It was also the first-ever Olympic swimming medal for the country, and T&T's only medal from the 2004 Olympics.
Bovell is also a 5 time Pan American Games Medalist, with 2 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze, the most of any Trinidad and Tobago Athlete.
Bovell carried the T&T flag at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and at the 20th Central American and Caribbean Games in Cartagena, Colombia.
Bovell is currently the fourth fastest performer of all time in the 50m Freestyle. This is different from the 200 IM, the event in which he won his Olympic Medal and in which he has held the world record.
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