Orde Ballantyne (born 22 January 1962) is a Vincentian

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, who competed at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

Career

Ballantyne became the first Vincentian to win a gold medal at the CARIFTA Games when competing in the

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at the

1981 CARIFTA Games The 10th CARIFTA Games was held in Nassau, Bahamas on April 20–21, 1981. An appraisal of the results has been given on the occasion of 40th anniversary of the games. Participation (unofficial) Detailed result lists can be found on the "Wor ...

held in

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. Six years later Ballantyne competed at the first ever IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics held in

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, United States, he entered the 60 metres and finished fourth in his heat in a time off 7.05 seconds which was a new national record, but still wasn't fast enough to qualify for the next round, he also entered the

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but didn't make any legitimate jumps so didn't receive an official ranking. Ballantyne was also part of the first ever

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team to compete at the

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in 1988 when they went to

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, he entered the

, but again he failed to register a distance from his three jumps so he didn't advance any further.

References

1962 births Living people Olympic athletes of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{SaintVincent-athletics-bio-stub