![]() ![]() With this pot-pourri of ancestors, Ian is proud to describe himself as a The new generation of lawn tennis fans has perhaps heard the name Ian Mc Donald, but would little realise that he is one of this country’s sporting legends.īorn in Trinidad and Tobago to a Trinidadian mother and Kittitian father, Ian’s maternal grandparents were Antiguans, and he has lived in Guyana since 1956. Mc Donald, the Olympic association said that he had the unusual distinction of representing his country in five different decades: tennis (Trinidad) in the 1940s tennis (Trinidad, Guyana and the West Indies) in the 1950s tennis and squash (Guyana) in the 1970s and squash (Guyana) in the 1980s. ![]() The event, hosted by the Guyana Olympic Association, fittingly saw the attendance of members of the Diplomatic Corps, officials of the association, and other special invitees. ![]() ![]() This time, he was selected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), receiving its 2014 Award for “Sport and Art”. Mc Donald, now considered one of Guyana’s treasures, was again honoured for his decades-long contribution to sports and arts in Guyana. And indeed, he has received his share of the awards and recognitions. ![]()
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