Elvis Forde (born 18 November 1959) is a retired Barbadian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He was the flag bearer for his native country at the opening ceremony of the

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. He won the bronze medals at the 1985 Central American and Caribbean Championships and the

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, and the gold medal at the 1987 Central American and Caribbean Championships. At the

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he finished seventh in the

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, together with teammates Richard Louis, David Peltier and Clyde Edwards. Their time of 3:01.60 minutes is still the Barbadian record. Forde also competed in the individual distance at the 1984 Olympics. Here, he achieved his career best time of 45.32 seconds. He also competed at the 1987 World Indoor Championships and the 1988 Olympic Games. Indoor, he was a 2-time winner of the 600-yard dash at the

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, the last 2 times the event was held before being converted into the 500 metres. He is the former head track and field coach at Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. Forde is now the head men and women's cross-country and women's track & field coach at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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* 1959 births Living people Barbadian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Barbados Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Barbados Competitors at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Barbados Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics {{Barbados-athletics-bio-stub