Brandon Terrel Jones (born 19 July 1987) is a

Belizean American Belizean Americans are Americans who are of Belizean ancestry. These ancestors might be from Belize or of its diaspora. Diaspora About one out of every three Belizeans now live overseas and outside of Belize; the majority have migrated to Angl ...

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. He competed for

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at the

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in the

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race; his time of 21.49 seconds in the heats was a seasonal best but did not qualify him for the semifinals. Jones was born in the U.S. state of

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to Belizean father Kent Smith and American mother Carmen Jones-Smith. He attended

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, where he holds the school record in the indoor

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. He has competed internationally for Belize since 2012; he competes in sprinting, triple jump, and

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, and has won medals at the

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. Jones was the flag bearer for Belize at the

2016 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations During the Parade of Nations within the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, athletes and officials from each participating team marched in the Maracanã Stadium preceded by their flag and placard bearer. Each flag bearer had bee ...

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