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Ancil Greene, Special Olympics Trinidad and Tobago |
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Ancil Greene loves to compete in Special Olympics events as well as mainstream athletic events. He was one of nine Special Olympics athletes who participated in the RCP Tiburon Mile open water swim on 19 September 2004, finishing in 29:10 — all of the Special Olympics athletes finished before half of the participants who had no disabilities.
In addition to competing and winning a gold medal in aquatics at the 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games in North Carolina (USA), Greene is a top triathlete in his country, placing first in the National Sprint Triathlon and second, twice, in the full National Triathlon. Greene has also run ten marathons, placing in the top 20 finishers in three of those races. At the City of San Fernando Triathlon in 2002, Greene finished first. The triathlon consisted of a 750 meter swim, 20k cycle and 5k run.
When Greene is not training, he works with the St. Michaels Gym and Aqua Aerobic Centre and one day hopes to become a fully certified swim coach.
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