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Ronald Forbes
Personal information
Birth name
Ronald Joseph Forbes
Born
(1985-04-05) 5 April 1985 (age 39) George Town, Cayman Islands
Height
1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Weight
93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
Country
Cayman Islands
Sport
Athletics
Event
110-metre hurdles
Coached by
Joey Scott (United States)
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
2008 Beijing Olympics, 2012 London Olympics, 2016 Rio Olympics
World finals
2008 World Indoor Qualifier, 2009 World Outdoor Qualifier, 2010 World Indoor Qualifier, 2011 World Outdoor Semi-finalist, 2012 World Indoor Qualifier, 2015 World Outdoor Qualifier, 2016 World Indoor Qualifier.
Highest world ranking
15
Personal best
13.36 s 110 metre hurdles
Medal record
Athletics
Representing Cayman Islands
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
2004 Coatzacoalcos
400 m hurdles
CARIFTA Games Junior (U20)
2004 Hamilton
400 m hurdles
Natwest Island Games
2015 Jersey
110 m hurdles
Updated on 21 December 2014
Ronald Joseph Forbes (born 5 April 1985) is a track athlete from the Cayman Islands.[1][2][3]
Forbes is an All American 110 meter hurdler and 60 meter hurdler who competed collegiality for Florida International University from 2005 to 2008 . Forbes went on to pursue a professional track and field career competing in the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics. Forbes has competed in the 2011 and 2015 Athletics World Championships. Indoors, Forbes has qualified and competed 2010 and 2012 World Indoor Athletics Championships. Forbes has competed in the 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018 Commonwealth Games. During the opening ceremonies for the 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics he was the flag-bearer for the Cayman Islands.
He took up athletics when he was 14 as a discus thrower and shot putter, because he hoped it would give him the opportunity for travel and a scholarship.[4] He eventually earned a scholarship in 2004 to Bacone College in Muskogee Oklahoma where he became the Red River Athletic Conference champion in the 400 meter hurdles and after a year, transferred to Florida International University. During his time at Florida International University, he was a two time All American, finishing 3rd in the 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships and 8th in the 2008 NCAA Outdoor Championships. He is currently the Cayman Islands National Record Holder and the Florida International University Record Holder in the 55, 60 and 110 meter hurdles. In 2017 he was awarded the honor of having the Football Stadium in his home district of North side renamed to The Ronald J Forbes Playing Field;[5] in the same year he has been recognized as a National Sports hero in the Cayman Islands.[4]
^Bio – Ronald Forbes, FIU Panthers, 16 January 2007, archived from the original on 31 October 2018, retrieved 21 December 2014
^Ronald Forbes – Biography, Commonwealth Games Federation, retrieved 20 December 2014
^Biografía – General – Forbes Ronald, ODECABE, retrieved 21 December 2014
^ ab"Glasgow 2014 - Ronald Forbes Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
^"Ronald Forbes Football Field (North Side), home to North Side, Academy SC, Bodden Town, Cayman Athletic, Elite, George Town, Savannah Tigers, Scholars International, Sunset FC - Football Ground Map".
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