Manny L. Ramjohn (15 November 1915 – 23 January 1998) was an athlete from

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, born in

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, and educated at

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in San Fernando.

Biography

A long-distance runner (5,000 m and 10,000 m), Ramjohn was the first to win a gold medal for

at a major athletics event, the CAC Games in 1946. He was also part of the first group of five athletes to represent

in the

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(1948). Between 1936 and 1951 he achieved 96 victories, 40 second-place and 13 third-place finishes. Ramjohn joined the Fifth Naparima Scout

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in 1930 and in 1937 he was elevated to King Scout and Patrol Leader. In this capacity he was one of 12 representatives from Trinidad and Tobago at the

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. He remained involved in the

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movement for the remainder of his life. Ramjohn was awarded the Humming Bird Medal (Silver) for Social Work and Sport by the government of

. In 2000 the

Manny Ramjohn Stadium The Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, located in Marabella, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, is named for long-distance runner Manny Ramjohn, the first person to win a gold medal for Trinidad and Tobago in a major intern ...

, a new football and athletics stadium at Union Park,

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was named in his honour. Ramjohn's career included the following significant accomplishments: * 1939 White City Games,

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- 1 mile; 3 miles * 1946

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- 5,000 meters (1st, 15:54.8) * 1948 Olympics, London, England - 5,000 meters; 10,000 meters (Did not finish)

Awards

* 1948 -

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of the United Kingdom * 1973 - Medal of Merit, The Scout Association of Trinidad and Tobago * 1979 - Silver Ibis Award for meritorious service, The Scout Association of Trinidad and Tobago * 1980 - Silver Platter 50-Year Award, Point-a-Pierre District Scouts Association * 1982 - Trinidad and Tobago Humming Bird Medal Silver for Social Work and Sport Manny Ramjohn was the cousin of former President of Trinidad and Tobago

Noor Hassanali Noor Mohamed Hassanali (; 13 August 1918 – 25 August 2006) was a Trinidadian lawyer, judge and politician who served as the second president of Trinidad and Tobago from 1987 to 1997. A retired high-court judge, he was the first person of In ...

and of former First Lady Dr.

Jean Ramjohn-Richards Dr. Jean Ramjohn-Richards (born 1936) is a Trinidadian doctor and the former First Lady of Trinidad and Tobago from 2003 until 2013. She was born in San Fernando and was educated at Naparima Girls' High School and Naparima College before att ...

, wife of

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George Maxwell Richards George Maxwell Richards (1 December 1931 – 8 January 2018) was a Trinidadian politician who served as the fourth president of Trinidad and Tobago, in office from 2003 to 2013. He was the first president of Trinidad and Tobago and ...

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Mannie Ramjohn
from bestoftrinidad.com * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramjohn, Manny 1915 births 1998 deaths Trinidad and Tobago male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago people of Indian descent Sportspeople of Indian descent Scouting pioneers Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Trinidad and Tobago Competitors at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games People from Gasparillo Sportspeople from San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics People educated at Naparima College

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