Harry Prowell, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Harry Prowell

Guyanese athlete

Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1936

Date of Death: 27-Jun-2000

Profession: athletics competitor

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Harry Prowell A.A.
(10 July 1936 – 27 June 2000) was a Guyanese long distance runner who represented Guyana in the Marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.
He is known to be one of the greatest Marathon runners Guyana has ever produced, setting the national record in 1968.
To date, he is the only Guyanese ever to compete in the Marathon at the Summer Olympic Games and one of the most prominent Indo-Caribbean long distance runners of his time.
He also participated in the 10,000 metres at the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and represented Guyana at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.Prowell holds the Guyana National Track and Field Record in the Marathon with a personal best time of 2:39:11 set on 4 February 1968 in St.
Georges, Grenada.
He was awarded Guyana's National Sportsman of the Year in 1969 and received the Order of Service of Guyana (Grade II) known as the Golden Arrow of Achievement in 1970.Prowell died on 27 June 2000 at age 63 in Success, East Coast Demerara, Guyana.