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Francis Michael Forde was an Australian politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Australia from 6 to 13 July 1945, holding office as the deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He was prime minister in a caretaker capacity directly following the death of prime minister John Curtin, and is the shortest-serving prime minister in Australia's history.
Aswad are a British reggae group, noted for adding strong R&B and soul influences to the reggae sound. They have been performing since the mid-1970s, having released a total of 21 albums. Their UK hit singles include the number one "Don't Turn Around" (1988) and "Shine" (1994). "Aswad" is Arabic for "black". They are three-time Grammy Award nominees.
Barbados competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. Nine competitors, all men, took part in ten events in five sports.
Barbados competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 13 competitors, 8 men and 5 women, took part in 13 events in 4 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.
Pat Forde is a sports journalist who is a national columnist for Sports Illustrated. He previously worked for ESPN, The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky, and Yahoo Sports.
Bertil Martinus Grov is a retired archer from Norway.
Elvis Forde is a retired Barbadian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He was the flag bearer for his native country at the opening ceremony of the 1988 Summer Olympics.
David Peltier is a retired Barbadian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.
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.
Barry Ricardo Forde is a former Barbadian track cyclist. Forde was banned for two years and two months after testing positive for Testosterone on 28 October 2005.
The 1997 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was held on 14 September 1997 and contested between Clare and Tipperary. It was a historic occasion in the history of the championship as it was the first time that two counties from the same province were appearing in the championship decider. Both sides had already met during the year in the Munster final when Clare defeated Tipperary. Clare had last won the All-Ireland title two years earlier in 1995 when they defeated Offaly while Tipperary last claimed the championship title in 1991 when they beat Kilkenny.
Hugh Forde is a Northern Irish former amateur footballer who played as a left half, representing Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He played club football for Distillery, Ards and Glenavon, and is the younger brother of Tommy Forde. He later lived in Australia.
Colin Forde is an Irish sportsperson who played Gaelic football with Killererin, and was a member of the Galway senior football team from 2011 to 2015.
Jason Forde is an Irish hurler who plays for Tipperary senior Championship club Silvermines and at inter-county level with the Tipperary senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a left corner-forward.
Colin Andrew Sturgess is an English former road and track cyclist, who last worked as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Ribble Weldtite. On the track, he won a gold and a bronze medal in the individual pursuit at the world championships in 1989 and 1991. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 4 km individual pursuit and finished in fourth place. On the road, he won the British National Road Race Championships in 1990. In 2010 he was inducted to the British Cycling Hall of Fame.
Colin "Potato" Forde is a Barbadian football manager, coach and former footballer.
Lorna Forde is a Barbadian sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres and women's 400 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Forde competed in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Forde won bronze in the 400 metres and finished seventh in the 200 metres at the 1975 Pan American Games.
Sunnfjord is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Førde. Other villages in the municipality include Naustdal, Sande, Vassenden, and Skei.
Brooke Forde is an American swimmer.
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- ↑ "Colin Forde Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
