Ronald Forbes

Ronald Forbes

Personal information
Birth name	Ronald Joseph Forbes
Nationality	Caymanian
Born	5 April 1985 George Town, Cayman Islands
Residence	Cayman Islands
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
Country	Cayman Islands
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	110-metre hurdles
Coached by	Joey Scott (United States)
Achievements and titles
World finals	2008 World Indoor Qualifier, 2009 World Outdoor Qualifier , 2011 World Outdoor Semi-finalist.
Olympic finals	2008 Beijing Olympics 2012 London Olympics
Medal record Athletics Representing  Cayman Islands CAC Junior Championships (U20) 2004 Coatzacoalcos 400 m hurdles CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) 2004 Hamilton 400 m hurdles
Updated on 21 December 2014.

Ronald Forbes (born 5 April 1985) is a track athlete from the Cayman Islands.^[1][2][3]

Forbes runs for Florida International University and competed in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2011 and 2015 Athletics World Championships, the 2010 and 2012 World Indoor Athletics Championships and the 2006, the 2010 and the 2014 Commonwealth Games. During the 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, he was the flag-bearer for the Cayman Islands.

He took up athletics when he was 14, because he hoped it would give him the opportunity for travel and a scholarship.^[4] During his time at Florida International University, he finished 3rd in the 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships.^[4]

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 200 m: 21.65 s (wind: +0.3 m/s) – Coral Gables, Florida, 12 April 2008
• 110 m hurdles: 13.36 s (wind: +0.4 m/s) – Clermont, FL, 30 April 2016
• 400 m hurdles: 52.79 s – New Orleans, Louisiana, 15 May 2005

Indoor

• 60 m hurdles: 7.58 s – Fayetteville, Arkansas, 14 March 2008
• 200 m: 22.33 s – Gainesville, Florida, 26 January 2008

Achievements

Forbes is the Cayman Islands 110MH (outdoor), 60MH (indoor) and 55MH (indoor) record holder.

Florida International University record holder 110MH (outdoor), 60MH (indoor) and 55MH (indoor)

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the  Cayman Islands
2000	CARIFTA Games (U17)	St. George's, Grenada	5th	100m hurdles (91.4 cm)	13.64 (wind: +1.8 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U17)	San Juan, Puerto Rico	7th	100m hurdles (91.4 cm)	14.17 w (wind: +4.0 m/s)
			6th	400m hurdles (84.0 cm)	1:03.86
2001	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Bridgetown, Barbados	5th	100m hurdles (91.4 cm)	13.73 (wind: -2.3 m/s)
			5th (h)	400m hurdles	59.74
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala	7th	4 × 100 m relay	40.99 A
2002	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Nassau, Bahamas	5th	400m hurdles	54.61
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.78
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	6th (h)	400m hurdles	55.51
	Central American and Caribbean Games	San Salvador, El Salvador	7th	400m hurdles	55.01
2003	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	5th	400m hurdles	54.39
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	42.07
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.35
	Island Games	Saint Peter Port, Guernsey	4th	400m hurdles	53.98
2004	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	2nd	400m hurdles	53.63
			4th	4 × 100 m relay	42.95
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.89
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U20)	Coatzacoalcos, México	3rd	400m hurdles	53.80
			5th	4 × 100 m relay	42.71
2005	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	11th (h)	110m hurdles	14.49 (wind: -0.7 m/s)
			—	400m hurdles	DNF
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	16th (h)	110m hurdles	14.35 (wind: NWI)
			12th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	40.76
	NACAC Under-23 Championships	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	6th	110m hurdles	14.44 (wind: +1.1 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	10th (h)	110m hurdles	14.42 w (wind: +2.1 m/s)
2008	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	5th	110m hurdles	13.71 w A (wind: +2.3 m/s)
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	26th (qf)	110m hurdles	13.72 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	20th (sf)	60m hurdles	7.91
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	7th	110m hurdles	14.34 (wind: -0.1 m/s)
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	6th	110m hurdles	13.84 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
			—	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
2011	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	9th (h)	110m hurdles	14.18 (wind: -3.9 m/s)
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	11th (sf)	110m hurdles	13.67 (wind: -1.6 m/s)
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	21st (h)	60m hurdles	7.95
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	8th (h)	110m hurdles	14.21 (wind: +0.8 m/s)
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	5th (h)	110m hurdles	13.89 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	5th (h)	110m hurdles	14.51 A (wind: -1.6 m/s)
2015	NACAC Championships	San José, Costa Rica	6th (sf)	110m hurdles	13.77 (wind: +1.2 m/s)
	Island Games	St Clement, Jersey	1st	110m hurdles	13.62 (wind: +2.3 m/s)
	World Championships	Beijing, China	30th (h)	110m hurdles	13.78

References

1. Bio – Ronald Forbes, FIU Panthers, 16 January 2007, retrieved 21 December 2014
2. Ronald Forbes – Biography, Commonwealth Games Federation, retrieved 20 December 2014
3. Biografía – General – FORBES Ronald, ODECABE, retrieved 21 December 2014
4. "Glasgow 2014 - Ronald Forbes Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 2015-10-14.

• Ronald Forbes' profile at Florida International University Athletics

External links

• Ronald Forbes profile at IAAF
• Sports reference biography