Wendell Mottley

Wendell Mottley ( born July 2, 1941 in Port of Spain, Trinidad ) is a former sprinter, Olympic athletes, but also politicians, ministers and Institute founder of Trinidad and Tobago.

In 1958 began his athletic career when he ran the 100 yards in an absolute record time of 10.1 seconds in the group of 17 -year-old at the Queen's Royal College Sports. In 1959, he won the 100, 220, 440 and 880 yards in the same sporting event. In 1960 he went to Yale University in the United States to study economics. In 1964 he exhibited at new indoor world records over 400, 550 and 600 yards. The successful indoor season earned him a place in the Olympic team.

At the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 1964, he won the silver medal in the 400 - meter dash, behind the Americans Mike Larrabee ( gold) and ahead of Poland Andrzej Badeński (Bronze ) and the team bronze medal, together with his teammates Edwin Skinner, Kent Bernard and Edwin Roberts, behind the teams from the USA (Gold) and the UK (silver). In the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1966 in Kingston, he won the gold medal in the 440- yard run ahead of his compatriot Kenneth Bernard ( silver) and the Canadian Don Domansky (bronze). Also, he won gold in the 4x440 yards relay race, ahead of the teams from Canada (Silver) and England (bronze).

Mottley is a politician and was, among others, between 1991 and 1995 Minister of Finance in Trinidad and Tobago, and during this time is successful major economic reforms. He had previously been cast as Minister of Trade and Industry as well as Minister of Construction. Later Mottley was Senior Advisor of Credit Suisse Group, where he specialized in the financing of energy- bound projects. Mottley is also founder of the Caribbean Research Institute Caribbean Research Institute in Trinidad and Tobago and the Citizens Alliance political party, a minor political party.