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Virgin Islands At The 1991 Pan American Games ...
The United States Virgin Islands competed at the 11th Pan American Games held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991. The U.S. Virgin Islands attained a single bronze metal, in the Men's 4x100 meters. Medals Bronze * Men's 4x100 meters: Keith Smith, Mitch Peters, Kevin Robinson, Neville Hodge, and Derry Pemberton. See also * Virgin Islands at the 1992 Summer Olympics {{DEFAULTSORT:U.S. Virgin Islands At The 1991 Pan American Games Nations at the 1991 Pan American Games P 1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgin Islands Olympic Committee
The Virgin Islands Olympic Committee (IOC code: ISV) is the National Olympic Committee A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games ... representing the United States Virgin Islands. External links * U.S. Virgin Islands Olympic Committee Virgin Islands Sports governing bodies in the United States Virgin Islands Virgin Islands at the Olympics 1967 establishments in the United States Virgin Islands Sports organizations established in 1967 {{USVirginIslands-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Pan American Games
The 1991 Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991. There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the Pan American Sports Organization, PASO community, with events in 33 different sports. The main stadium was the Estadio Panamericano, Havana, Estadio Panamericano, a multi-use stadium in Havana that holds 50,000 people. Host city election Havana was the only non-withdrawn bid to host the 1991 Pan American Games. At the Pan American Games (ODEPA) Assembly, from November 12 to 14, 1986, in Bridgetown, Barbados, Mar del Plata withdrew its bid, leaving Havana as the winner to host the Games. London, Ontario, Canada also submitted a bid, but withdrew from the bid process due to the federal government prohibiting all funding from any international multi-sport events (aside from the 1988 Winter Olympics, 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics). Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havana, Cuba
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.Cuba ''The World Factbook''. Central Intelligence Agency. The city has a population of 2.3million inhabitants, and it spans a total of – making it the largest city by area, the most populous city, and the List of metropolitan areas in the West Indies, fourth largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean region. The city of Havana was founded by the Spanish Empire, Spanish in the 16th century, it served as a springboard for the Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish conquest of the Americas becoming a stopping point for Spanish galleons returning to Spain. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Smith (athlete)
Keith Smith may refer to: Entertainment *Keith Smith (writer) (1917–2011), Australian broadcaster, early screen personality and writer * Keith Smith (actor) (1926–2008), British actor * Keith A. Smith (born 1938), American artist and author * Keith Randolph Smith, American Broadway, television and film actor active since 1986 * Keith Smith (guitarist), vocalist and guitarist for the band Anarchy Club *Keith Smith (trumpeter) (1940–2008), British jazz trumpeter Sports *Keith Smith (Australian footballer) (1914–1997), Australian footballer *Keith Smith (cricketer) (1929–2016), New Zealand cricketer * Keith Smith (American football coach), head football coach of the Eastern Illinois University Panthers in 1956 * Keith Smith (English footballer) (born 1940), English footballer *Keith Smith (rugby) (1952–2006), English rugby player *Keith Smith (outfielder) (born 1953), Major League Baseball outfielder *Keith Smith (shortstop) (born 1961), Major League Baseball infielder for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neville Hodge
Neville Gomez Hodge (born 8 December 1955) is a former United States Virgin Islands sprinter who competed in the men's 100m competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He recorded a 10.71, not enough to qualify for the next round past the heats. His personal best is 10.32, set in 1993. He also ran that Olympiad for the USVI 4x100m team, which recorded a 40.48, good for 5th place. Previously, in the 1988 Summer Olympics, he ran a 10.73 in the 100m contest. In the 1984 Summer Olympics, he ran 21.12 in the 200m, enough to qualify for the next round, where he did not start (DNS). He also ran in the 100m contest in 1984, scoring a 10.58, enough to qualify for round 2, where a 10.69 was not enough to advance further. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1991 Pan American Games. He joined his alma mater Morgan State University Morgan State University (Morgan State or MSU) is a public historically black research university in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the largest of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derry Pemberton
Derry Pemberton (born February 1, 1971) is a sprinter who represents the United States Virgin Islands. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Pemberton won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1991 Pan American Games The 1991 Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991. There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the Pan American Sports Organization, PASO community, with events in 33 different sports. The main stadium was .... References External links * 1971 births Living people Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Virgin Islands Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics United States Virgin Islands male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgin Islands At The 1992 Summer Olympics
The United States Virgin Islands competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 25 competitors, 20 men and 5 women, took part in 29 events in 7 sports. Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Athletics Men's 100 metres * Neville Hodge :* Heat — 10.71 (→ did not advance) Men's 200 metres * Wyndell Douglas Dickinson Men's 400 metres * Desai Wynter Men's 5,000 metres * Marlon Williams :* Heat — 15:26.49 (→ did not advance) Men's 10,000 metres * Marlon Williams :* Heat — 31:22.13 (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon * Calvin Dallas Men's 4×100 metres Relay * Derry Pemberton * Neville Hodge * Mitch Peters * Wyndell Douglas Dickinson * Keith A. Smith Sr. Women's 200 metres * Ruth Morris Women's 400 metres * Ruth Morris Women's 10,000 metres * Ana Gutiérrez :* Heat — did not start (→ did not advance) Women's Marathon * Ana Gutiérrez Women's Long Jump * Flora Hyacinth :* Heat — 6.71 m :* Final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nations At The 1991 Pan American Games
A nation is a community of people formed on the basis of a combination of shared features such as language, history, ethnicity, culture and/or society. A nation is thus the collective identity of a group of people understood as defined by those features. Some nations are equated with ethnic groups (see ethnic nationalism) and some are equated with affiliation to a social and political constitution (see civic nationalism and multiculturalism). A nation is generally more overtly political than an ethnic group. A nation has also been defined as a cultural-political community that has become conscious of its autonomy, unity and particular interests. The consensus among scholars is that nations are socially constructed and historically contingent. Throughout history, people have had an attachment to their kin group and traditions, territorial authorities and their homeland, but nationalism – the belief that state and nation should align as a nation state – did not become a promin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 In United States Virgin Islands Sports
File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, 1991 Russian presidential election, elected as Russia's first President of Russia, president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet Union, Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, erupts in the Philippines, making it the List of large historical volcanic eruptions, second-largest Types of volcanic eruptions, volcanic eruption of the 20th century; MTS Oceanos sinks off the coast of South Africa, but the crew notoriously abandons the vessel before the passengers are rescued; Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Flag of the Soviet Union, Soviet flag is lowered from the Kremlin for the last time and replaced with the flag of the Russian Federation; The United States and soon-to-be dissolved Soviet Union sign the START I Treaty; A tropical cyclone 1991 Bangladesh cyclone, strikes Bangladesh, killing nearly 140,000 people; Lauda Air Flight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
