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Sport Specific Information | |
| Club / Team | Enfield & Haringey: London, ENG |
| Why this sport? | His talent was spotted by a teacher who saw him running to retrieve a softball. When a hurricane destroyed his school in 2008, another of his teachers, a Jamaican named Neil Harrison, persuaded his mother to enrol him in Munro College, a Jamaican boarding school with a strong sports programme. He went with Harrison to Jamaica at age 14 on a scholarship from the Turks and Caicos Islands government. |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He began running at age 12. |
General Interest | |
| Other information | FROM TURKS AND CAICOS TO JAMAICA He was born and raised in Turks and Caicos Islands, but Hurricane Ike in 2008 forced him to move to Jamaica after his school was totally blown down. (dailymail.co.uk, 07 Apr 2012) GREAT BRITAIN PASSPORT His native country of Turks and Caicos Islands is a British Overseas Territory so its citizens are entitled to a full UK passport. He was granted his UK passport in March 2012. As Turks and Caicos does not have its own National Olympic Committee, he would have been unable to represent them at an Olympic Games. So he decided to make the switch to Great Britain. In June 2013 he completed the process of changing allegiance, making him eligible for Great Britain selection in all international competitions. (telegraph.co.uk, 03 Apr 2012; trackalerts.com, 24 Jun 2013; independent.co.uk, 23 Apr 2014; telegraph.co.uk, 03 Apr 2012) CHARITY WORK He established the Delano Williams Foundation to benefit young athletes in any sport in Turks and Caicos Islands. His foundation is supported by Nike and helped outfit the Turks and Caicos Islands team at the 2015 CARIFTA Games in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis. (tcweeklynews.com, 21 Apr 2014; tcweeklynews.com, 11 Jan 2016) |
Further Personal Information | |
| Residence | Malvern, JAM |
| Higher education | Marketing - University of the West Indies: Kingston, JAM |
General Interest | |
| Injuries | He was unable to compete at the 2015 British Championships in Birmingham, England, due to a hamstring injury. (athleticsweekly.com, 03 Jul 2015) He suffered a groin strain at the 2012 British Olympic Trials in Birmingham, where he placed seventh in the 200m. (telegraph.co.uk, 24 Jun 2013) |
| Ambitions | To compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Outside of sport he plans to become an estate agent and a businessman. (tcweeklynews.com, 11 Jan 2016) |
| Awards and honours | In 2015 he received the Turks and Caicos National Youth Achiever's award and the TCI Excellence in Sports award. (tcweeklynews.com, 11 Jan 2016) He was the flag bearer for Turks and Caicos Islands at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. (d2010.tgf.com, 06 Oct 2010) |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Name of coach | Neil Harrison, JAM, from 2014 |
Further Personal Information | |
| Occupation | Athlete, Student |
| Languages | English, French |
General Interest | |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Stay Humble and Be Positive." (Twitter profile, 25 Apr 2016) |