Guyanese in Sports

Edwin Richard Denys Moulder (October 09, 1875 - November 21, 1942)

The son of a former vicar, Edwin Moulder was educated at Queen's College, in Georgetown, where he won the Guiana Scholarship in 1891, and at Merton College, Oxford. He gained third class honours in History in 1895. He qualified as a Bachelor of Arts in 1896 and served as Assistant Master, Lodge School, Barbados, from 1899 to 1901.

Clive Atwell: Professional Boxer, Businessman and Group Educator

Clive Atwell
Clive Junior Atwell is a Pro Boxer, businessman and group educator whose motto stems from Romans 8:28, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[a]have been called according to his purpose.” He was born to Samantha Atwell in Friendship, East Coast Demerara, Guyana on November 11th 1988.

Sir Clive Hubert Lloyd

Sir Clive Hubert Lloyd

Clive Hubert Lloyd CBE AO is a former West Indies cricketer and title holder of the "Winningest Captain" in cricket history. He was born on August 31, 1944 in Georgetown Guyana and played for the Demerara Cricket Club before being selected for the Guyana national team.

Ivor Mendonca; Guyana and West Indies Cricketer

Saint Stanislaus Cricket Team - August 1951

Ivor Leon Mendonca was born on July 13, 1934 in Bartica, British Guiana (now Guyana) is a former Guyanese and West Indian cricketer who played in two Tests in 1962.

Ivor Mendonca the oldest of 10 brothers and sisters was the son of Ineas Mendonca and Osmond Mendonca and uncle of English Footballer Clive Mendonca

Maritza Correia - Olympic Athlete

Maritza Correia

Maritza Correia, born December 23, 1981 to Guyanese parents in Puerto Rico, became the first black woman to qualify for an Olympic swim team in 2004. Correia is only the second black swimmer to make a US Olympic team, following Anthony Ervin.

Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis Former WBA World Welterweight Champion

Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis hits James Page with a vicious right hook

Andrew Lewis was born on December 11, 1970 in Georgetown, Guyana and had numerous successes as an amateur boxer and represented Guyana in both local and international competition. Lewis a southpaw, was a destroyer inside the ring, dismantling opponents with power in either hand, he turned pro in 1993 and would go 8-0-1 in his first nine bouts, all by KO.

Rohan Kanhai, Guyana and West Indies Cicketer

Rohan Kanhai in 1957

Rohan Bholalall Kanhai was born on December 26, 1935 in Port Mourant, Berbice, British Guiana. Kanhai, as he is known world over was a Guyanese and West Indian batsman in the late fifties, sixties and early seventies and played in several great West Indian teams, which included other Guyanese talent like Sir Clive Lloyd, Basil Butcher, Roy Fredericks, Lance Gibbs, and Alvin Kallicharran.

Lancelot Gibbs, Guyana and West Indies Cricketer

Lance Gibbs later in life

Lancelot Richard Gibbs (born 29 September 1934 in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana) was a West Indies cricketer, one of the most successful spin bowlers in Test cricket history. He took 309 Test wickets, only the second player (after Fred Trueman) to pass 300, the first spinner to pass that milestone, and had an exceptional economy rate of under two runs per over.

Boogie De Freitas - Cyclist

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