Ronald Forbes
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Birth name | Ronald Joseph Forbes | ||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Caymanian | ||||||||||||||||||
Born | George Town, Cayman Islands |
5 April 1985 ||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Cayman Islands | ||||||||||||||||||
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Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||
Country | Cayman Islands | ||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 110-metre hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Joey Scott (United States) | ||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||
World finals | 2008 World Indoor Qualifier, 2009 World Outdoor Qualifier , 2011 World Outdoor Semi-finalist. | ||||||||||||||||||
Olympic finals | 2008 Beijing Olympics 2012 London Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 21 December 2014. |
Ronald Forbes (born 5 April 1985) is a track athlete from the Cayman Islands.[1][2][3]
Forbes runs for Florida International University and competed in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2011 and 2015 Athletics World Championships, the 2010 and 2012 World Indoor Athletics Championships and the 2006, the 2010 and the 2014 Commonwealth Games. During the 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, he was the flag-bearer for the Cayman Islands.
He took up athletics when he was 14, because he hoped it would give him the opportunity for travel and a scholarship.[4] During his time at Florida International University, he finished 3rd in the 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships.[4]
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 200 m: 21.65 s (wind: +0.3 m/s) – Coral Gables, Florida, 12 April 2008
- 110 m hurdles: 13.47 s (wind: +1.3 m/s) – La-Chaux-de-Fondes, Switzerland, 5 July 2015
- 400 m hurdles: 52.79 s – New Orleans, Louisiana, 15 May 2005
Indoor
- 60 m hurdles: 7.58 s – Fayetteville, Arkansas, 14 March 2008
- 200 m: 22.33 s – Gainesville, Florida, 26 January 2008
Achievements
Forbes is the Cayman Islands 110MH (outdoor), 60MH (indoor) and 55MH (indoor) record holder.
Florida International University record holder 110MH (outdoor), 60MH (indoor) and 55MH (indoor)
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing the Cayman Islands | |||||
2000 | CARIFTA Games (U17) | St. George's, Grenada | 5th | 100m hurdles (91.4 cm) | 13.64 (wind: +1.8 m/s) |
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U17) | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 7th | 100m hurdles (91.4 cm) | 14.17 w (wind: +4.0 m/s) | |
6th | 400m hurdles (84.0 cm) | 1:03.86 | |||
2001 | CARIFTA Games (U17) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 5th | 100m hurdles (91.4 cm) | 13.73 (wind: -2.3 m/s) |
5th (h) | 400m hurdles | 59.74 | |||
Central American and Caribbean Championships | Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala | 7th | 4x100 m relay | 40.99 A | |
2002 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Nassau, Bahamas | 5th | 400m hurdles | 54.61 |
5th | 4x400 m relay | 3:26.78 | |||
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 6th (h) | 400m hurdles | 55.51 | |
Central American and Caribbean Games | San Salvador, El Salvador | 7th | 400m hurdles | 55.01 | |
2003 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 5th | 400m hurdles | 54.39 |
6th | 4x100 m relay | 42.07 | |||
6th | 4x400 m relay | 3:28.35 | |||
Island Games | Saint Peter Port, Guernsey | 4th | 400m hurdles | 53.98 | |
2004 | CARIFTA Games (U20) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 2nd | 400m hurdles | 53.63 |
4th | 4x100 m relay | 42.95 | |||
5th | 4x400 m relay | 3:31.89 | |||
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20) | Coatzacoalcos, México | 3rd | 400m hurdles | 53.80 | |
5th | 4x100 m relay | 42.71 | |||
2005 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Nassau, Bahamas | 11th (h) | 110m hurdles | 14.49 (wind: -0.7 m/s) |
— | 400m hurdles | DNF | |||
2006 | Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | 16th (h) | 110m hurdles | 14.35 (wind: NWI) |
12th (h) | 4x100 m relay | 40.76 | |||
NACAC Under-23 Championships | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 6th | 110m hurdles | 14.44 (wind: +1.1 m/s) | |
Central American and Caribbean Games | Cartagena, Colombia | 10th (h) | 110m hurdles | 14.42 w (wind: +2.1 m/s) | |
2008 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Cali, Colombia | 5th | 110m hurdles | 13.71 w A (wind: +2.3 m/s) |
Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 26th (qf) | 110m hurdles | 13.72 (wind: +0.1 m/s) | |
2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 20th (sf) | 60m hurdles | 7.91 |
Central American and Caribbean Games | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | 7th | 110m hurdles | 14.34 (wind: -0.1 m/s) | |
Commonwealth Games | Delhi, India | 6th | 110m hurdles | 13.84 (wind: +0.1 m/s) | |
— | 4x100 m relay | DQ | |||
2011 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | 9th (h) | 110m hurdles | 14.18 (wind: -3.9 m/s) |
World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 11th (sf) | 110m hurdles | 13.67 (wind: -1.6 m/s) | |
2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 21st (h) | 60m hurdles | 7.95 |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 8th (h) | 110m hurdles | 14.21 (wind: +0.8 m/s) | |
2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 5th (h) | 110m hurdles | 13.89 (wind: -0.2 m/s) |
Central American and Caribbean Games | Xalapa, México | 5th (h) | 110m hurdles | 14.51 A (wind: -1.6 m/s) | |
2015 | NACAC Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 6th (sf) | 110m hurdles | 13.77 (wind: +1.2m/s) |
World Championships | Beijing, China | 30th (h) | 110m hurdles | 13.78 |
References
External links
- Ronald Forbes profile at IAAF
- Sports reference biography
- EngvarB from May 2015
- Use dmy dates from May 2015
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- Articles with dead external links from December 2014
- IAAF ID different in Wikidata
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Male hurdlers
- Caymanian hurdlers
- Olympic athletes of the Cayman Islands
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for the Cayman Islands
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games competitors for the Cayman Islands
- Florida International University alumni
- Caymanian sportsmen
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for the Cayman Islands