PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos, CMC – St Lucia’s dash queen Julien Alfred walked away with two awards, together with the coveted Caribbean Feminine Sports activities Persona of the 12 months, when the inaugural Caribbean Affiliation of Nationwide Olympic Committees (CANOC) Sports activities Awards was held right here Saturday.
Alfred, who made historical past when she gained her nation’s first-ever medal on the Olympics when she copped gold within the ladies’s 100 meters and silver within the 200 meters in Paris, beat out Olympic 400 meters champion Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rican dash hurdler Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Shafiqua Maloney from St Vincent & the Grenadines and Jamaica’s Shanieka Ricketts.
The 23-year-old Alfred additionally shared the Caribbean Breakthrough Award with Dominica’s Olympic gold medalist, Thea LaFond, an accolade for athletes who’ve earned their first medal at a continental or worldwide multi-sport competitors.
In the meantime, Cuba’s five-time Olympic wrestling champion, Mijain Lopez Nunez, gained the Caribbean Male Sports activities Persona of the 12 months award forward of Grenadian decathlete Lindon Victor and Jamaican discus thrower Roje Stona.
The Dominican Republic’s ladies’s volleyball workforce and males’s soccer workforce claimed the Caribbean Group of the 12 months awards. On the identical time, the Dominican Republic Olympic Committee was additionally named Nationwide Olympic Committee of the 12 months.
Barbados’ Anmar Goodridge-Boyce was awarded the Caribbean Sports activities Media Award, and the late Judy Simons of Bermuda was posthumously honored with the Caribbean Distinguished Service Award for her dedication to advancing sports activities administration within the area.
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