Career

Yearwood has represented his country in marathons in New York (1987, 1988, and 1989) and in Barbados (1991, 1995). Yearwood developed Polio shortly after his birth. The disease left him with a permanent physical disability and a speech impediment.

Dwight Yearwood’s inspiring story has been captured in the book, Dwight Yearwood – Polio…He survived and conquered by Anton LaFond.

Achievements

• In 2008, Yearwood received a lifetime achievement award, the Alexander B. Chapman Award from Oliver Chapman, the former Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee President watched by President George Maxwell Richards.