St. Lucia continues to celebrate Alfred, gets $ 1 million, and other gifts
Celebration of the World Fastest Woman Julien Alfred is still going on in St. Lucia, a country of about 180,00 people weeks after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games where she won the gold medal in the 100m and a silver medal in the 200m.
Apart from a grand reception that lasted four days culminating in the declaration of September 27 as “Julien Alfred Day”.
The sprinter was also named Saint Lucia’s Tourism Ambassador and gifted $1 million, had a road named after her where a monument will also be constructed in her honour, while she is set to receive a piece of land measuring 10,720 square feet.
While the world was shocked by her feat in Paris Alfred’s grandfather is among the few who are not surprised by her athletic prowess as he shared where the Olympics 100m champion got her running genes from.
Alfred’s grandfather Bertrand Fevriere is not surprised at the athletic prowess of her granddaughter as he says his family was full of runners.
Alfred enjoyed a phenomenon season in 2024 when she won Saint Lucia’s first-ever Olympics medal following her gold and silver wins in 100m and 200m respectively at the Paris 2024 Games.
That has made her an instant superstar, not just in Saint Lucia but in the world, but while he is proud, Fevriere says he always knew someone from the family was going to become an athlete.
“It’s not a fluke, it comes from somewhere,” Fevriere told Loop News while revealing that all the children he raised with his wife were good athletes in school.
Fevriere is also overjoyed by how Julien Alfred has been received and celebrated in Saint Lucia, something he says he has never witnessed in his life.
“Words can’t describe how I feel. It’s the first time I see any government stand behind an individual so much,” he said, following the grand reception given to the golden girl that was followed by a four-day celebration, culminating in “Julien Alfred Day” on September 27.
The sprinter was also named Saint Lucia’s Tourism Ambassador and gifted $1 million, had a road named after her where a monument will also be constructed in her honour, while she is set to receive a piece of land measuring 10,720 square feet.
“There is nothing you can appreciate more than that. I do not want anything from her, I just want her to continue making St Lucia proud,” added her grandfather.