Barbados competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
Barbados competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Eleven competitors, nine men and two women, took part in eleven events in two sports.
Barbados competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Sixteen competitors, thirteen men and three women, took part in sixteen events in six sports.
Barbados first competed at the Summer Olympic Games in 1968, and has participated in each Games since then, missing only the 1980 Summer Olympics by participating in the American-led boycott of those games. The country's only Olympic medal to date is a bronze won by sprinter Obadele Thompson in the men's 100 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
The Women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla on August 28 and August 29.
Joslyn Yvonne Hoyte-Smith is a former British 400 metres athlete. She competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, where, as part of the women's 4×400 metres relay team, she won a bronze medal. She also ran in the 4 × 400 m relay team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She was the winner of the 400m at the UK Championships in 1979, 1981 and 1983. She also won the 400m title at the AAA Championships in 1981.She now lives in Kent, England.
Blackett or Blacket is a surname of English derivation.
Barbados sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The island nation made its tenth appearance as an independent nation upon its arrival in Beijing. Eight athletes across three sports and ten events represented Barbados, marking the smallest delegation in its history up to the Beijing Games. Its runners and swimmers advanced past the first rounds in their events in four of their nine events, although none advanced to their events' final rounds or medaled. The nation's flagbearer during the Beijing Games was swimmer Bradley Ally.
Harrison College is a co-educational grammar school in Bridgetown, Barbados. Founded in 1733, the school takes its name from Thomas Harrison, a Bridgetown merchant, who intended it to serve as "A Public and Free School for the poor and indigent boys of the parish".
Tanya Oxley is a retired female track and field sprinter from Barbados.
The 14th Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from August 1 to August 17, 2003.
Brenda Taylor is an American track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 meter hurdles. She reached the final of the event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics and won a medal at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships in the 4×400-meter relay.
The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 10, 11 and 13.
Orlando Greene is an Olympic runner from Barbados who raced in the 1976 summer Olympic games in Montréal.
Michelle Johnson Skog is an American female former track and field hurdler who specialized in the 400-meter hurdles. She set personal records of 54.15 seconds for the 400 m hurldes in 1999 and 12.88 seconds for the 100-meter hurdles in 1998. She was a bronze medalist at the 1999 Pan American Games and represented her country at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics and 1998 Goodwill Games.
Karen Tracey Blackett works in the advertising industry and is the Chair of MediaCom UK.
