Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerindian ...
competed at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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in
Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Saint Lucia Olympic Committee sent a team of five athletes, two men and three women, to compete only in sailing, swimming, and track and field at the Games, matching the nation's roster size with
Sydney 2000
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and beating the record by a single athlete set in both
Beijing 2008
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and
London 2012
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. Two Saint Lucian athletes were awarded universality places to compete in their respective sporting events, while the rest of the team qualified directly for the Games on merit.
High jumper and Pan American Games champion
Levern Spencer
Levern Donaline Spencer, SLMM (born 23 June 1984 in Cacao Babonneau, Castries
) is a Saint Lucian retired athlete and high jumper. Spencer was a four-time Olympian for Saint Lucia and competed in eight World Championships. She was also ...
spearheaded the Saint Lucian delegation for the third consecutive time, as the oldest and most experienced competitor (aged 32) and the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.
[ Other notable athletes on the roster featured Spencer's teammate ]Jeanelle Scheper
Jeanelle Scheper (born 21 November 1994) is a Saint Lucian high jumper. She is the second athlete from St. Lucia to qualify for the high jump final in the World Championships in Athletics after Levern Spencer did it starting in 2007 when in 2015 ...
and ex-NFL
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running back turned track sprinter Jahvid Best
Jahvid Andre Best (born January 30, 1989) is an Olympic track and field athlete, a former American football running back. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at California, ...
. Saint Lucia, however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal.
Athletics (track and field)
Athletes from Saint Lucia have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
;Track & road events
;Field events
Sailing
Saint Lucia has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a sailor competing in the Laser Radial class to the Olympics.
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Swimming
Saint Lucia has received a Universality invitation from FINA
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to send a male swimmer to the Olympics.
See also
*Saint Lucia at the 2015 Pan American Games
Saint Lucia competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.
Swimmer Jordan Augier was the flagbearer for the team during the opening ceremony.
High jumper Levern Spencer
Levern Donaline Spencer, SLMM ( ...
References
External links
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Nations at the 2016 Summer Olympics
2016
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2016 in Saint Lucian sport