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Haiti At The 2020 Summer Olympics
Haiti competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1900. The early days of the Olympics was nearly overshadowed by the assassination of Jovenel Moïse, the country's last president two weeks earlier. Allowing Haitian athletes expressing grief. Competitors The following is a list of the number of competitors participating in the Games for Haiti: Athletics Haiti received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a female track and field athlete to the Olympics. Vanessa Clerveaux withdrew from the team because of injury. ;Track & road events Boxing Haiti received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send the men's middleweight boxer Darrelle Valsaint to the Olympics. Judo Haiti qualified one judoka for the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devastate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Clerveaux
Vanessa Clerveaux (born 17 June 1994) is a US-born Haitian athlete specialising in the high hurdles. She won a silver medal at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. Her personal bests are 12.98 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (-0.3 m/s, Montgeron 2019), and 8.05 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds ( Susanna K ... (Nashville 2017). International competitions References 1994 births Living people Haitian female hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Haiti Alabama Crimson Tide women's track and field athletes Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics {{Haiti-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 Metre Butterfly
The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 29 to 31 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. It was the event's fourteenth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1968. The medals for the competition were presented by Ng Ser Miang, International Olympic Committee, IOC Vice-President, Singapore; and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Dale Neuburger, FINA, FINA Treasurer; United States. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. The following records were established during the competition: Qualification The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 51.96 seconds. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 53.52 seconds. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davidson Vincent
Davidson Vincent (born 5 September 2001) is a Haitian swimmer. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the .... References External links * * * * 2001 births Living people Haitian male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Haiti Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics People from Centre (department) {{Haiti-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
