According to Insidethegames, Jordan, who competed in the 100m at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Canada, might be the first Olympian to be killed by the virus that has taken the lives of more than 37,000 people globally.
Jordan posted a time of 10.95s and finished sixth in Heat 9 of the men’s 100m in Montreal where Caribbean sprinters won the gold and silver medal in the blue-ribbon sprint. Trinidad and Tobago’s Hasely Crawford won the gold medal while Jamaica’s Donald Quarrie won the silver medal.
Jordan, who was 69, was also a member of Barbados’ 4x100m relay.
Reports said Jordan ran track for Louisiana State University (LSU).
He competed for the Tigers from 1976-79 and was a member of an NCAA 4x400 champion relay team in 1979.
According to the Athletics Association of Barbados (AAB), “Bim” also lost Louis Trotman and Jeffrey Howell as well.
“Pearson "P.G" Jordan, a past student of the Coleridge and Parry School, hailed from Speightstown and was a member of the Super Stars Athletic Club,” the AAB said in a statement.
“Pearson represented Barbados at the 1976 Montreal Olympics in the 100m and the 4x100m Relay with Rawle Clarke, Pearson Trotman and Hamil Grimes. Pearson gained an athletic scholarship to LSU in the USA and on completion of his education, he continued to reside in the USA.
Louis Trotman was well known for his performances in the 1500m and 3000m.
In the 1974 Carifta Games in Kingston, Jamaica, he won the gold medal in the 1500m in a time of 4.04.0minutes. He also won the silver medal in the 3000m in a time of 9:11.19 minutes.
Trotman won an athletic scholarship to Fisk University in the United States and on returning to Barbados, he had a long career as a Chemistry and Physics teacher at the Fredrick Smith Secondary School. He also had a passion for photography.
He was 66.
Jeffrey Howell was a sprinter, who was the driving force in the Royal Barbados Police Force athletics team. He served both as an athlete and manager during the seventies and early eighties.
