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Birth name
  
Ronald Joseph Forbes

Sport
  
Athletics

Weight
  
93 kg

Country
  
Cayman Islands

Height
  
1.92 m


Residence
  
Cayman Islands

Role
  
Athlete

Nationality
  
Caymanian

Name
  
Ronald Forbes

Events
  
110 metres hurdles

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Born
  
5 April 1985 (age 38) (
1985-04-05
)
George Town, Cayman Islands

Coached by
  
Joey Scott (United States)

Education
  
Florida International University

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Ronald J Forbes (born 5 April 1985) is a track athlete from the Cayman Islands.

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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.

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

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Ronald Forbes


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)

    References

    Ronald Forbes Wikipedia
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