Grenada at the 2015 Pan American Games

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

Grenada at the
2015 Pan American Games
IOC codeGRN
NOCGrenada Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.org/grenada
in Toronto, Canada
10–26 July 2015
Competitors7 in 3 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Oreoluwa Cherebin
Flag bearer (closing)Kurt Felix
Medals
Ranked =25th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Pan American Games appearances (overview)

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]

After winning zero medals at the last edition of the games in 2011, Grenada won a silver medal at this edition through Kurt Felix's silver medal in the men's decathlon.[4] This left the country tied for 25th on the medal table.

Competitors

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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 0 1
Total 5 2 7

Medalists

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

Athletics

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Lindon Victor took seventh place in the decathlon

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 after the organizing committee has to reduce the entries to the quota limit of 680.[2]

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
Men
Track
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Bralon Taplin 400 m 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
Track
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

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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

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Grenada received one wildcard spot in the men's singles event.[5][6]

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

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References

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  1. ^ "PASO Member National Olympic Committees". www.toronto2015.org/. TO2015. Archived from the original on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b c 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. ^ Bascombe, Michael (23 July 2015). "Kurt Felix credits hard work for Pan Am Games medal". www.grenadasports.gd/. Grenada Sports. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  5. ^ "2015 Panam Games-Acceptance Lists - Jun5". www.scribd.com/. Pan American Tennis Confederation. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  6. ^ Bascombe, Michael (10 July 2015). "Yannik James wins opening match at Toronto PanAm Games". www.grenadasports.gd/. Grenada Sports. Retrieved 14 May 2017.