Virgin Islands at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Virgin Islands at the
2016 Summer Olympics

Flag of the United States Virgin Islands

IOC code| ISV
NOC| Virgin Islands Olympic Committee
Website| www.virginislandsolympics.com
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors| 7 in 4 sports
Flag bearer | Cy Thompson[1]
Medals|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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Virgin Islands, also known as the United States Virgin Islands and officially as the Virgin Islands of the United States, competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the territory's twelfth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

The Virgin Islands Olympic Committee selected a team of seven athletes, five men and two women, to compete in four different sports at the Games.[2] This was the same number of athletes and one more sport than at London in 2012.

Three of the athletes had also competed four years earlier, including triple jumper Muhammad Halim and sprinter LaVerne Jones-Ferrette, who headed to her fourth straight Games as the oldest and most experienced member (aged 35) of the team. Laser sailor and Pan American Games finalist Cy Thompson led his delegation as the flag bearer for the Virgin Islands in the opening ceremony.[1]

The US Virgin Islands, however, failed to win a single Olympic medal in Rio de Janeiro. The nation's previous medal feat happened at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where sailor Peter Holmberg bagged the silver in the Finn class.

## Athletics (track and field)

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Main articles: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Athletes from the Virgin Islands achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[3][4]

Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
* NM = No mark

Track & road events
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Eddie Lovett | Men's 110 m hurdles | 13.77  | 7  | Did not advance
LaVerne Jones-Ferrette | Women's 200 m | 23.35  | 6  | Did not advance

Field events
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Distance  | Position  | Distance  | Position
Muhammad Halim | Men's triple jump | NM | —  | Did not advance

## Boxing

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Main articles: Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Virgin Islands entered one boxer to compete in the Olympic boxing tournament in the men's super heavyweight division. Clayton Laurent claimed his Olympic spot with a box-off victory at the 2016 American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[5]

Athlete  | Event  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Clayton Laurent | Men's super heavyweight |  Pfeifer (GER)
W 2–1  |  Yoka (FRA)
0L 0–3  | Did not advance

## Sailing

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Main articles: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Sailors from the Virgin Islands qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and North American qualifying regattas.[6]

Athlete  | Event  | Race  | Net points  | Final rank

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1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | M*
Cy Thompson | Men's Laser | 13  | 4  | 11  | ~~35~~ | 32  | 33  | 6  | 20  | 17  | 16  | EL  | 152  | 19

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Virgin Islands received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[7][8]

Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Rexford Tullius | Men's 200 m backstroke | 1:59.14  | 20  | Did not advance
Caylee Watson | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:07.19  | 30  | Did not advance

## See also

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* Virgin Islands at the 2015 Pan American Games

## References

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1. ^ a b "RWU Sailing alum Cy Thompson competing in his second Olympic Games". Roger Williams University. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
2. ^ "Virgin Islands Olympic Committee (VIOC) Announces Rio Olympic Team". Virgin Islands Olympic Committee. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
3. ^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
4. ^ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
5. ^ "Reigning Champions Claressa Shields and Roniel Iglesias secure Olympic qualification in Buenos Aires". AIBA. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
6. ^ "Rio 2016 Olympic Laser Spots Snapped Up At Santander 2014 ISAF Worlds". ISAF. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
7. ^ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
8. ^ "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016. FINA. Retrieved 23 January 2015.

## External links

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* "Virgin Islands, US at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio2016.com)". Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2018.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
* United States Virgin Islands at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)

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