Guyana’s only Olympic medallist, 66-year-old Michael Anthony Parris, is the only boxer from the English-speaking Caribbean to win an Olympic medal and is still the only Guyanese to do so.
Over four decades ago in the former Soviet Union, Parris stood on the podium and heard Guyana’s National Anthem being played.
Come next Sunday, August 11, a still very active Parris will join what is anticipated to be a large contingent on a fitness walk from the Bank of Guyana to the Seawall Bandstand to commemorate his feat.