The Olympic Games dubbed ‘The Greatest Show in Earth’ starts in five days in Tokyo, Japan and Team Guyana will be represented by seven athletes in four disciplines.
Here is a closer look at the athletes of Team Guyana:
Name: Keevin Allicock
Sport: Boxing
Weight Class: 52-57kg
Age: 22
Nickname: Lightning
Coach: Sebert Blake
Olympic Experience: Olympic Experience
One-time Olympian (2020)
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
Other Career Highlights: 2017 Youth Commonwealth Games Silver Medalist.
Name: Chelsea Edghill
Sport: Table Tennis
Event: Women’s Singles
Born: Brooklyn, New York
Age: 24
Nickname: Chelo
Coach: Idi Lewis
Olympic Experience: Olympic Experience
One-time Olympian (2020)
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
Other Career Highlights: Former Youth Olympian and Caribbean Under-21 Champion. Edghill created history when she picked up the International Table Tennis Federation’s lone global wild card spot for female players and will become the first player from Guyana, male or female, to feature for the country in the sport at the Olympics.
Name: Aliyah Abrams
Sport: Track and Field
Born: New York, New York
Event: 400m
Age: 24
Personal Best: 51.71s
Nickname: Double A
Coach: Denzel Abrams
Olympic Experience: Two-Time Olympian
Olympian 2016
Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Olympian 2021
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Other Career Highlights: In 2019 while competing with the University of South Carolina she was named Southeastern Conference [SEC] Outdoor Scholar-Athlete of the Year. In 2016 she was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team and was also selected for the All-Academic Team by the United States Track and Field and Cross-Country Coaches Association
She received the 2015 All-Metro Atlanta award in the United States of America.
She was named the 2015 Runner of the Year by the Gwinnett Daily Post newspaper in Georgia, United States of America.
Name: Jasmine Abrams
Sport: Track and Field
Born: Brooklyn, New York
Event: 100m
Age: 27
Personal Best: 11.19s
Coach: Denzel Abrams
Olympic Experience
One-time Olympian (2020)
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
Other Career Highlights: 2021 South American Games Bronze Medalist
Name: Emanuel Archibald
Sport: Track and Field
Event: 100m
Age: 26
Personal Best: 10.22s
Coach: Julian Edmonds
Olympic Experience
One-time Olympian (2020)
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
Other Career Highlights: National Long Jump Record Holder, 2021 South American Games Silver medalist (100m) and Bronze medalist (4x100m)
Name: Aleka Persaud
Sport: Swimming
Event: 50m freestyle
Age: 15
Coach: Shyka Gonsalves
Olympic Experience
One-time Olympian (2020)
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
Name: Andrew Fowler
Sport: Swimming
Event: 100m freestyle
Age: 25
Coach: Shyka Gonsalves
Olympic Experience
One-time Olympian (2020)
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
