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{{Short description|Trinidad and Tobago swimmer (born 1983)}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox swimmer|
| name=George Bovell
| image=
| imagesize=
| caption = 
| fullname = George Lycott Bovell III
| nicknames =
| nationality = {{TRI}}
| strokes = [[Individual medley]], [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]]
| club = 
| collegeteam = [[Auburn Tigers swimming and diving|Auburn Tigers]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|7|18}}
| birth_place = [[Guelph]], [[Ontario]], Canada<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/93814|title = Olympedia – George Bovell}}</ref>
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = {{height|m=1.96}}
| weight = {{convert|93|kg|lb}}
| medaltemplates=
{{MedalSport | Men's [[swimming (sport)|swimming]]}}
{{MedalCountry |  {{TRI}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/schedules/117BySport.html |title=2004 Olympic Games swimming results |access-date=22 July 2007 |publisher=CNN |archive-date=9 May 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060509051921/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/schedules/117BySport.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley|200 m medley]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships|2013 Barcelona]]|[[Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships - Men's 50 metre freestyle|50 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA World Championships - Short Course|World Championships (SC)]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)|2012 Istanbul]]|[[2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 100 metre individual medley|100&nbsp;m medley]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2003 Pan American Games|2003 Santo Domingo]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports123.com/swi/index.html |title=Swimming Results |access-date=4 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518015159/http://sports123.com/swi/index.html |archive-date=18 May 2011 }}</ref>|[[Swimming at the 2003 Pan American Games|200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2003 Pan American Games|2003 Santo Domingo]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports123.com/swi/index.html |title=Swimming Results |access-date=4 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518015159/http://sports123.com/swi/index.html |archive-date=18 May 2011 }}</ref>|[[Swimming at the 2003 Pan American Games|200 m medley]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2003 Pan American Games|2003 Santo Domingo]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports123.com/swi/index.html |title=Swimming Results |access-date=4 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518015159/http://sports123.com/swi/index.html |archive-date=18 May 2011 }}</ref>|[[Swimming at the 2003 Pan American Games|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2003 Pan American Games|2003 Santo Domingo]]|[[Swimming at the 2003 Pan American Games|100 m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2007 Pan American Games|2007 Rio]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/8CA3C784139C20FF01139C2C41550F77.htm |title=Pan American Games Rio 2007 Results |access-date=29 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714230548/http://www.rio2007.org.br/data/pages/8CA3C784139C20FF01139C2C41550F77.htm |archive-date=14 July 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>|[[Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games|50 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2015 Pan American Games|2015 Toronto]] |[[Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games|50 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Central American and Caribbean Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games|2006 Cartagena]] | 50 m freestyle }}
{{MedalGold| [[Swimming at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games|2010 Mayagüez]] | 50 m freestyle }}
{{MedalGold| [[Swimming at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games|2014 Veracruz]] | 50 m freestyle }}
{{MedalSilver| [[Swimming at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games|2010 Mayagüez]] | 50 m backstroke }}
{{MedalSilver| [[Swimming at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games|2010 Mayagüez]] | 4x100 m freestyle }}
{{MedalBronze| [[Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games|2006 Cartagena]] | 100 m freestyle }}
{{MedalBronze| [[Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games|2006 Cartagena]] | 200 m freestyle }}
{{MedalBronze| [[Swimming at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games|2014 Veracruz]] | 50 m backstroke }}
}}

'''George Richard Lycott Bovell''' (born 18 July 1983) is an Olympic bronze medalist swimmer and former world record holder from [[Trinidad and Tobago]]. Bovell is also a two-time World Championship bronze medalist.

==Olympic career==
George Bovell represented Trinidad and Tobago at the [[Trinidad and Tobago at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]], [[Trinidad and Tobago at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]], [[Trinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]], [[Trinidad and Tobago at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012]], and [[Trinidad and Tobago at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Olympics]]. At the [[Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympics]], he won a bronze medal in the men's 200 IM: the 9th medalist in the country's history and 12th medal overall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsday.co.tt/features/0,84015.html |title=Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday, Let the Games begin, By Joan Rampersad, 8 August 2008 |date=8 August 2008 |access-date=10 August 2008 }}</ref>

== World Championships ==

In 2013 Bovell won the bronze medal in the 50m freestyle at the FINA World Long Course Championships in [[Barcelona]]. His Bronze Medal time of 21.51 seconds would have won the silver in the London Olympic Final a year earlier.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

In 2012 Bovell won the bronze medal in the 100m Individual Medley at the Fina World Short Course Championships in [[Istanbul]].{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

Bovell has been in 10 World Championship finals since 2001.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

==Main Events ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!<blockquote>'''Year'''</blockquote>
!'''Event'''
!'''Race'''
!'''Position'''
|-
|2000
|Summer Olympics
|50m Freestyle
|Heats
|-
|2000
|Summer Olympics
|200m Ind Medley
|Heats
|-
|2000
|Summer Olympics
|400m Ind Medley
|Heats
|-
|2001
|World Championship
|200m Freestyle
|Heats
|-
|2001
|World Championship
|200m Ind Medley
|Finals 4th
|-
|2001
|World Championship
|400m Ind Medley
|Heats
|-
|2002
|Short Course World Championship 
|200m Freestyle
|Semifinal
|-
|2002
|Short Course World Championship 
|100m Ind Medley
|Semifinal
|-
|2002
|Short Course World Championship 
|200m Ind Medley
|7°
|-
|2003
|World Championship
|200m Freestyle
|Semifinal
|-
|2003
|World Championship
|200m Ind Medley
|5°
|-
|2004
|Summer Olympics
|100m Freestyle
|Semifinal
|-
|2004
|Summer Olympics
|200m Freestyle
|Semifinal
|-
|2004
|Summer Olympics
|200m Ind Medley
|{{bronze03}}
|-
|2006
|Pan Pacific Championship
|50m Freestyle
|8°
|-
|2006
|Pan Pacific Championship
|100m Freestyle
|B Final
|-
|2007
|World Championship
|50m Freestyle
|Heats
|-
|2007
|World Championship
|100m Freestyle
|Heats
|-
|2008
|Summer Olympics
|50m Freestyle
|Semifinal
|-
|2008
|Summer Olympics
|100m Freestyle
|Heats
|-
|2008
|Short Course World Championship 
|50m Freestyle
|Semifinal
|-
|2008
|Short Course World Championship 
|100m Ind Medley
|8°
|-
|2009
|World Championship
|50m Freestyle
|Finals 7th
|-
|2009
|World Championship
|100m Freestyle
|Heats
|-
|2010
|Pan Pacific Championship
|50m Freestyle
|B Final
|-
|2010
|Pan Pacific Championship
|100m Freestyle
|Heats
|-
|2010
|Pan Pacific Championship
|50m Backstroke
|B Final
|-
|2010
|Short Course World Championship 
|50m Freestyle
|Semifinal
|-
|2010
|Short Course World Championship 
|100m Ind Medley
|4°
|-
|2011
|World Championship
|50m Freestyle
|7°
|-
|2012
|Summer Olympics
|50m Freestyle
|7°
|-
|2012
|Summer Olympics
|100m Backstroke
|Heats
|-
|2012
|Short Course World Championship 
|50m Freestyle
|4°
|-
|2012
|Short Course World Championship 
|100m Ind Medley
|{{bronze03}}
|-
|2013
|World Championship
|50m Freestyle
|{{bronze03}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FINA}}
* {{Swimrankings}}
* {{Olympics.com}}
* {{CGF profile}}
* {{2014 Commonwealth Games profile}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531124242/http://www.sportarchivestt.com/athletes/george-bovell-iii/ |title=T&T Sporting Archives |date=dmy}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528172053/http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Research/SubjectGuide/Sport/TheOlympicGames/tabid/256/Default.aspx?PageContentID=386 |title=Olympic medalists of Trinidad |date=dmy}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060117071545/http://auburntigers.collegesports.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/bovell_george00.html |title=Profile George Bovell |date=dmy}}

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{{s-ach|rec}}
{{succession box|before=[[Attila Czene]]|title=World Record Holder <br> [[World record progression 200 metres medley|Men's 200 Individual Medley (25m)]]|years=25 March 2004 &ndash; 8 December 2005|after=[[László Cseh]]}}
{{s-sports|oly}}
{{succession box
| before = [[Ato Boldon]]
| title = [[List of flag bearers for Trinidad and Tobago at the Olympics|Flagbearer]] for {{TRI}}
| years = [[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing 2008]]
| after = [[Marc Burns]]
}}
{{s-end}}
{{Footer Pan American Champions 200 m Freestyle Men}}
{{Footer Pan American Champions 200 m Individual Medley Men}}
{{Footer CAC Champions 50m Freestyle Men}}
{{Footer NCAA Division I men's swimming and diving championships – men's 200 y individual medley champions}}
{{Footer NCAA Division I men's swimming and diving championships – men's 200 m individual medley champions}}

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