Grenada at the 2015 Pan American Games

Grenada at the 2015 Pan American Games
IOC code	GRN
NOC	Grenada Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.org/grenada
in Toronto 10–26 July 2015
Competitors	7 in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Oreoluwa Cherebin (opening)
Medals Ranked = 25th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 1 0 1
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Grenada competed in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.^[1]

On July 2, 2015 the Grenada Olympic Committee announced a team of 7 athletes in 3 sports (athletics, swimming and tennis).^[2] Swimmer Oreoluwa Cherebin was the flagbearer for the team during the opening ceremony.^[3]

Competitors

The following table lists Grenada's delegation per sport and gender.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	3	1	4
Swimming	1	1	2
Tennis	1		1
Total	5	2	7

Medalists

The following competitors from Grenada won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Silver Kurt Felix Athletics Men's Decathlon July 23

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 0 1 0 1 Total 0 1 0 1 Medals by day Day Total July 23 0 1 0 1 Total 0 1 0 1 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 0 0 0 0 Female 0 1 0 1 Total 0 1 0 1

Athletics

Grenada qualified a team of four athletes (three men and one woman). An original team of nine athletes were entered, but the team size was reduced (from nine athletes) after the organizing committee has to reduce the entries to the quota limit of 680.^[2]

Men

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• PB = Personal best
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bralon Taplin	400 m	N/A		47.61	15	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Kurt Felix	Result	10.91	7.54	15.23	2.09	49.67	14.71	44.54	4.60	64.10	4:38.39	8269 PB
	Points	881	945	804	887	830	885	757	790	800	690
Lindon Victor	Result	10.99	6.91	14.75	1.94	52.18	15.85	49.80	4.00	66.97	5:14.03	7453 PB	7
	Points	863	792	774	749	717	750	866	617	843	482

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kanika Beckles	200 m	23.48 PB	15 q	28.14	16	Did not advance

Swimming

Grenada received two universality spots (one male and one female).^[2]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Corey Ollivierre	Men's 50 m freestyle	26.61	13	Did not advance
	Men's 100 m breaststroke	1:10.96	19	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m breaststroke	2:41.52	22	Did not advance
Oreoluwa Cherebin	Women's 50 m freestyle	28.28	26	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m breaststroke	1:21.52	18	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m butterfly	1:10.05	21	Did not advance

Tennis

Grenada received one wildcard spot in the men's singles event.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	First round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yannik James	Singles	Major (BAH) W (6-4, 4–6, 6–3)	Struvay (COL) L (5–7, 2–6)	Did not advance

See also

• Grenada at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References

1. "PASO Member National Olympic Committees". www.toronto2015.org/. TO2015. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
2. Bascombe, Michael (2 July 2015). "Kurt Felix heads Grenada's team to Pan Am Games". www.grenadasports.gd/. Grenada Sports. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
3. "Pan Am Games: Flag-bearers named for all countries". www.panam.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
4. "2015 Panam Games-Acceptance Lists - Jun5". www.scribd.com/. Pan American Tennis Confederation. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.