KESHORN WALCOTT was named as the Sportsman of the Year, and the Junior Sportsman of the Year, at last evening’s Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) 18th annual award ceremony at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), Port of Spain.
The 19-year-old Walcott created history this year after winning the javelin event at the World Junior Track and Field Championships in Spain, and followed up with gold in the Olympic Games in London, England.
Walcott’s Cuban-born coach Ismael Lopez Mastrapa was adjudged the Sports Personality of the Year, while fellow Olympian Kelly Ann Baptiste copped the Sportswoman of the Year.
Cyclist Jodi Goodridge took home the Junior Sportswoman of the Year and The Harvard Club collected the Alexander B Chapman award for outstanding contribution to Sport and Olympism.
TTOC president Larry Romany presented a surprised and visibly moved Walcott with the javelin the teenager used to win his historic London 2012 gold medal .