Two awards for elite swimmer

Published: 07 January, 2011

Plymouth College elite swimming scholar, Christian Homer, has received two prestigious awards in his home country, Trinidad and Tobago.

Rubbing shoulders with the Caribbean island's top sporting stars, Christian received the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee's Junior Sportsman of the Year accolade at a glitzy prize-giving ceremony just after Christmas.  In the same week, he was also named Youth Achiever of the Year at the Trinidad Guardian Sports Desk Awards.

Christian was nominated for both awards as a result of his gold medal-winning performance at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in the summer.  It was his country's first Olympic gold medal since Montreal in 1976.  Christian also swam for his country at senior level at the Delhi Commonwealth Games in October.

Now back at school in Plymouth, Christian is still waiting to hear the outcome of the FCB Sport Foundation Sportsman of the Year Award, for which he has also been nominated.

Photograph top right: Trinidad Guardian Sports Desk Awards - Christian Homer (right) receives his winner's plaque from Trinidad Guardian managing director, Gabriel Faria

Trinidad Guardian Sports Desk Awards  L to R Jehue Gordon (Sports Personality of the Year), Nicholas Alexis (Naz Yacoob Memorial Award), Wayne Manderville (rep Lifetime Achievement Award winner Russell Latapy), Christian Homer (Youth Achiever of the Year), Ian Carter (rep Female Sports Personality of the Year Kelly-Ann Baptiste)

Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee Awards L to R Christian Homer (Junior Sportsman of the Year), Roger Daniel (Sportsman of the Year), Anil Roberts (Minister of Sports), Cleopatra Borel-Brown (Sportswoman of the Year), Shanntol Ince (Sports Personality of the Year), Cherelle Thompson (Junior Sportswoman of the Year), Rudolph Jack (Outstanding Contribution to Sport)