Which Trinbagonian brought home our first ever Olympic medal?

Rodney Adolphus WILKES
Rodney Wilkes was Trinidad’s first Olympic medal winner, in 1948, and with his silver and bronze medals in weightlifting from the 1948 and 1952 Olympics, he is still considered the greatest weightlifter ever from T&T . Wilkes was nicknamed the “Mighty Midget” or “Midget Atom” for his strength feats in the featherweight division.
In 1951 Wilkes added another gold, winning at the Pan American Games, before adding an Olympic bronze medal in 1952 at Helsinki. In 1954 he won the featherweight title at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games, and would win bronze at that tournament in 1958 in Cardiff, Wales. Wilkes was injured in 1955 and unable to defend his title at the Pan Americans and he just missed the podium at his third Olympics in Melbourne, placing fourth. He continued competing through 1960 but was not chosen for the West Indies Federation team for the Rome Olympics and then retired.
Rodney Adolphus Wilkes was born on March 11th 1925 and grew up in San Fernando. He began weightlifting as a teenager and was primarily self-trained. In 1942, at age 17, Wilkes set three local records in the featherweight class and continued to be undefeated in this category for years. His achievements earned him a space in our National Sports Hall of Fame He was also given the Hummingbird Medal, a state decoration in Trinidad and Tobago awarded for loyal and devoted service beneficial to the state.
On Harris Promenade , San Fernando where he was born a bust of Rodney Wilkes was erected as a tribute to our first ever Olympic Winner in weightlifting.
Credit to following sources
Caribbean Memory Project.
https://olympics.com › athletes › rodney-adolphus-wilkes
http://caribbean.halloffame.tripod.com › Rodney_Wilkes