Caribbean - Women & Sports!

">national squad was runner-up at the FIVB Under-20
Road to London 2012!World Championship. They should contend for gold in
Antigua & Barbudathe London Olympic Games in 2012.
Did you know- Toward the end of the 1990s, HeatherGrenada
Samuel was one of the country's best athletes whenDid you know- By 1989, Grenada's Jacinta
she finished seventh in the women's 200m (23.88Bartholomew set a national record of 6,62 m in the
seconds) in the Pan American Games in Winnipeg,long jump.
Canada. In the early 1980s, at the World Cup, JocelynJamaica
Joseph participated in the team of the Americas, aDid you know- Between July 28 and August 12, 1984,
continental team. Joseph is considered as the mostJamaica sent 14 female athletes, led by its young star
remarkable national sportswoman of all time.Marlene Ottey-Page, to Los Angeles (California, U.S.) to
Barbadoscompete in the Games of the XXIII Olympiad. Curiously
Did you know- At the 1999 Pan American Games,this delegation was the fourth-largest female team in
Andrea Blackett came in second place in the 400mLatin America, after Brazil (23), Mexico (20), and Peru
hurdles.(18).
Dominican RepublicSaint Lucia
Did you know- During the years from 1982 to 2010, theDid you know- Toward the end of the 2000s, the
women's volleyball squad of the Dominican RepublicIsland's athlete Levern Spencer had been named by
has moved from being one of the three bestthe National Olympic Committee as the flag bearer of
Caribbean teams to being one of the world's threethe national delegation for the 29th Summer Olympics
best national teams, ahead of many Latin Americanin Beijing, China. Her selection was based on her
and Asian nations, among them Peru, South Korea,international reputation. At the 2007 World
Japan, Argentina, and Mexico. By the early 80s, theChampionships in Osaka (Japan), Miss Spencer was
country - where baseball and basketball areone of the world's 15 best high jumpers. No other
predominant sports-captured the bronze medal forOlympic athlete in Saint Lucia, an English-speaking
placing third in women's volleyball at the Centralcountry, has ever matched Spencer's performance.
American and Caribbean Games. For this reason, theyTrinidad & Tobago
failed to qualify for the Pan American Games inDid you know- By 1986, the Trinidadian team won the
Caracas, Venezuela, in 1983. Two decades later, bygold in women's hockey at the Central American and
2003, the Dominican team, the host country's team,Caribbean Games in the Dominican Republic. Four
took first place in women's volleyball at the Panyears later, they captured the bronze medal in the
American Games in Santo Domingo. In the gold-medalCaribbean Games in Mexico City.
game, the Island beat Cuba 3-2. Later on, by 2009, the