International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Puerto Rico | |||||
| 2002 | Central American and Caribbean Games | San Salvador, El Salvador | — | 100m | DQ |
| 5th | 200m | 21.21 (wind: -0.4 m/s) | |||
| — | 4x100m relay | DNF | |||
Jorge L. Richardson Osorio (born February 11, 1976) is a retired male track and field athlete, who competed in the sprints events during his career. He competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the first round of the men's 4x100 metres relay, alongside Osvaldo Nieves, Rogelio Pizarro and Félix Omar Fernández. Richardson ran the third leg in the race.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Puerto Rico | |||||
| 2002 | Central American and Caribbean Games | San Salvador, El Salvador | — | 100m | DQ |
| 5th | 200m | 21.21 (wind: -0.4 m/s) | |||
| — | 4x100m relay | DNF | |||
Ralph Waldo Emerson, who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and critical thinking, as well as a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society and conformity. Friedrich Nietzsche thought he was "the most gifted of the Americans," and Walt Whitman called Emerson his "master".
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Matthew Richardson is a track cyclist who represented Australia until August 2024 and Great Britain from September 2024 onwards. He competed in the men's keirin, individual sprint and team sprint at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. His most successful event was the team sprint, where the Australians came fourth. He also competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics, again in the keirin, individual sprint and team sprint. Here he placed second in the sprint and keirin, missing out on gold in both to Dutch rider Harrie Lavreysen. The Australian team also placed third in the team sprint.
Frank Richardson is a retired marathon runner who competed during the 1970s and 1980s. Before entering his first races in the late 1970s, Richardson was 4th at the 1976 NCAA Men's Division III Cross Country Championship and 1st at the 1977 NCAA Division III Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 10,000 meters. In World Marathon Majors, Richardson was 20th at the 1979 Boston Marathon and did not complete the 1980 Boston event. That year, Richardson won the 1980 Chicago Marathon with a course record time of 2:15:15 and was 10th at the 1980 New York City Marathon. In other events, Richardson won the 1980 USA Marathon Championships and was 9th in the marathon at the 1980 United States Olympic Trials. After ending his marathon career in 1985, Richardson worked at a pharmacy before resuming road racing in 2001.
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