Anton Norris

Erskine Anton Norris (born 7 January 1940) is a former Barbadian high jumper.

Anton Norris

Personal information
Full name	Erskine Anton Norris
Nationality	Barbadian
Born	(1940-01-07) 7 January 1940[1] Kirtons, Saint Philip, Barbados[1]
Sport
Country	Barbados
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	High jump
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Barbados British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1962 Perth High jump 1966 Kingston High jump Pan American Games 1963 São Paulo High jump Central American and Caribbean Games 1962 Kingston High jump 1966 San Juan High jump
Cricket information
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1963	Barbados
Only First-class	8 February 1963 Barbados v British Guiana
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 1 Runs scored 10 Batting average - 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 10* Balls bowled 132 Wickets 0 Bowling average - 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 0/11 Catches/stumpings 0/0
Source: CricketArchive, 30 June 2014

Athletic career

Norris was born in Kirtons, Saint Philip, and first represented Barbados at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games in Kingston, Jamaica where he won silver in high jump with a jump of 1.98 metres. Three months later at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia, Norris won bronze in the high jump clearing the bar at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m).[2] In doing so, he became the first athlete to win a bronze medal for Barbados and the first athlete to win a medal of any colour in a sport besides weightlifting for Barbados at the Commonwealth Games.[3] The following year, Norris was part of the inaugural contingent to represent Barbados at the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil. There he won one of the first medals for his country, bronze in high jump. In 1966, he repeated his performance of four year prior in taking the silver medal at the San Juan Central American and Caribbean Games in the high jump and the bronze in high jump at the Kingston British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[4]

Norris was also a cricketer who played in one first-class cricket match for Barbados in February 1963 against British Guiana. Norris, selected in the team is a right-arm fast bolwer, took no wickets in the match which British Guiana won by 34 runs.[5]

Business career

Norris holds a MBA degree in Management and International Business from New York University Graduate School of Business Administration, and a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours in Economics and Business Administration from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico.

Norris has worked in business development for most of his career, while a senior executive of the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation, where he served as a Divisional Director and acting CEO. He was also Director of the Corporation's North American Operations, based in New York. He has assisted the promotion, start-up and development of a large number of local and international businesses and successfully implemented several technical assistance initiatives.

As a consultant, Anton also served as Regional Technical Advisor to the Investment Promotion and Export Development (IPED) Project, in the Economic Affairs Secretariat of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, under the aegis of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). As of March 2009, Norris was an associate consultant of May Hinds Consulting.[6]

References

1. "Profile of Anton Norris". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
2. "Results of the men's high jump at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
3. "Barbados - Medals Tally by Games". CGF. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
4. "Results of the men's high jump at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
5. "Barbados v British Guiana". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
6. "E. Anton Norris, MBA" (pdf). Our Consulting Practice - A Profile. May Hinds Consulting Inc.: pp. 14–15 March 2009.