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Ronald Forbes
Personal information
Birth name	Ronald Joseph Forbes
Born	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)
CARIFTA Games ; Junior (U20)
Natwest Island Games
	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]

Personal bests

Outdoor

200 m: 21.65 s (wind: +0.3 m/s) – Coral Gables, Florida, 12 April 2008
110 m hurdles: 13.36 s (wind: +0.4 m/s) – Clermont, FL, 30 April 2016
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 and Florida International University 110 metres hurdles (outdoor), 60 metres hurdles (indoor) and 55 metres hurdles (indoor) record holder.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the Cayman Islands
2000	CARIFTA Games (U17)	St. George's, Grenada	5th	100 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	13.64 (+1.8 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U17)	San Juan, Puerto Rico	7th	100 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	14.17 w (+4.0 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U17)	San Juan, Puerto Rico	6th	400 m hurdles (84.0 cm)	1:03.86
2001	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Bridgetown, Barbados	5th	100 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	13.73 (-2.3 m/s)
	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Bridgetown, Barbados	5th (h)	400 m hurdles	59.74
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala	7th	4 × 100 m relay	40.99 A
2002	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Nassau, Bahamas	5th	400 m hurdles	54.61
	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Nassau, Bahamas	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.78
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	6th (h)	400 m hurdles	55.51
	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	7th	400 m hurdles	55.01
2003	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	5th	400 m hurdles	54.39
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	42.07
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.35
	Island Games	Saint Peter Port, Guernsey	4th	400 m hurdles	53.98
2004	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	2nd	400 m hurdles	53.63
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	42.95
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.89
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	Coatzacoalcos, México	3rd	400 m hurdles	53.80
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	Coatzacoalcos, México	5th	4 × 100 m relay	42.71
2005	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	11th (h)	110 m hurdles	14.49 (-0.7 m/s)
2005	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	—	400 m hurdles	DNF
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	16th (h)	110 m hurdles	14.35 (NWI)
	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	12th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	40.76
	NACAC Under-23 Championships	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	6th	110 m hurdles	14.44 (+1.1 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	10th (h)	110 m hurdles	14.42 w (+2.1 m/s)
2008	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	5th	110 m hurdles	13.71 w A (+2.3 m/s)
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	26th (qf)	110 m hurdles	13.72 (+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	110 m hurdles	14.34 (-0.1 m/s)
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	6th	110 m hurdles	13.84 (+0.1 m/s)
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	—	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
2011	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	9th (h)	110 m hurdles	14.18 (-3.9 m/s)
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	11th (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.67 (-1.6 m/s)
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	21st (h)	60m hurdles	7.95
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	8th (h)	110 m hurdles	14.21 (+0.8 m/s)
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	5th (h)	110 m hurdles	13.89 (-0.2 m/s)
2014	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	5th (h)	110 m hurdles	14.51 A (-1.6 m/s)
2015	NACAC Championships	San José, Costa Rica	6th (sf)	110 m hurdles	13.77 (+1.2 m/s)
	Island Games	St Clement, Jersey	1st	110 m hurdles	13.62 (+2.3 m/s)
	World Championships	Beijing, China	30th (h)	110 m hurdles	13.78
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	35th (h)	110 m hurdles	14.67
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	11th (h)	110 m hurdles	13.88

References

^ 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
^ ^a ^b "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".

Ronald Forbes' profile at Florida International University Athletics

External links

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Olympic Games
Preceded by Cydonie Mothersill	Flagbearer for Cayman Islands Beijing 2008	Succeeded by Dow Travers
Olympic Games
Preceded by Dow Travers	Flagbearer for Cayman Islands Rio 2016	Succeeded by Jillian Crooks Brett Fraser