(1935-01-23)23 January 1935 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago[1]
Died
12 May 2016(2016-05-12) (aged 81) Sydney, Australia
Height
171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight
66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Country
Trinidad and Tobago
Sport
Athletics
Event
Sprint
Club
Villanova Wildcats
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
100 m – 10.2 (1958) 200 m – 20.5 (1956)[2]
Medal record
Representing Trinidad and Tobago
Commonwealth Games
1954 Vancouver
100 yd
1958 Cardiff
100 yd
Pan American Games
1955 Mexico City
100 m
1955 Mexico City
200 m
Representing British West Indies (BWI)
Pan American Games
1959 Chicago
100 m
1959 Chicago
200 m
1959 Chicago
4×100 m
Michael George Raymond Agostini (23 January 1935 – 12 May 2016) was a Trinidadian track and field athlete. He was the first athlete from his country to win a gold medal at what is now known as the Commonwealth Games, when he won the 100 yards final in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on 31 July 1954.[3][4]
^Mike Agostini. sports-reference.com
^Michael Agostini. trackfield.brinkster.net
^Mike Hurst, David Tarbotton (12 May 2016). "Former champion sprinter Mike Agostini has died at the age of 81". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
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race of all time, the 1967 Senior TT against his great rival, Giacomo Agostini. In that race he set a lap record of 108.77 mph (175.05 km/h) on the Honda...
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