Michael Edwards, known as "Eddie the Eagle", is an English ski-jumper and Olympian who in 1988 became the first competitor since 1928 to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping, finishing last in the 70 m and 90 m events. He held the British ski jumping record from 1988 to 2001. He also took part in amateur speed skiing, running at 106.8 km/h (66.4 mph), and became a stunt jumping world record holder for jumping over 6 buses.
Jaakko Tommi Kristian Evilä is a Finnish former long jumper. He gained fame following his surprise bronze in the 2005 Helsinki World Championships, which was Finland's only medal in the championships.
Cricket and football are the most popular sports in Saint Lucia.
Levern Donaline Spencer is a Saint Lucian high jumper. Spencer was born in Cacao Babonneau, Castries.
Saint Lucia sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The 2008 Saint Lucian team included four athletes that competed in two sports: swimming and athletics. Of these four athletes, Danielle Beaubrun, at age 18, was the youngest of the competitors. Dominic Johnson, at age 32, was the oldest, and was the only man sent as part of the 2008 delegation; additionally, Johnson was the only Saint Lucian athlete in the 2008 delegation who had previously participated in the Olympics.
The 15th Pan American Games were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between 13 July 2007 and 29 July 2007.
Saint Lucia first competed at the Commonwealth Games in 1962. They appeared again in 1970 and 1978, and have appeared in every Games since 1994. The first out of their three medals came in 2002 in the men's pole vault, a bronze from Dominic Johnson. Their second and third medals came in 2010 and 2014 in the women's high jump, 2 bronzes from Levern Spencer.
Saint Lucia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifth consecutive appearance at the Olympics.
Darvin Edwards is a Saint Lucian competitor in men's High Jump. Darvin was born in Castries.
Saint Lucia competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.
The 2015 Pan American Games medal table is a list of National Olympic Committees (NOCs) ranked by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the 2015 Pan American Games, held in Toronto, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015. Approximately 6,132 athletes from 41 NOCs participated in 364 events in 36 sports and 51 disciplines.
Saint Lucia competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Jeanelle Scheper is a Saint Lucian high jumper. She is the second athlete from St. Lucia to qualify for the high jump final in the World Championships in Athletics after Levern Spencer did it starting in 2007 when in 2015 she joined Spencer in the final.
Albert Reynolds is a Saint Lucian javelin thrower. Reynolds was born in Castries, and grew up in Babonneau.
Jean-Luc Zephir is a Saint Lucian swimmer. Zephir is scheduled to represent his country at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 metre freestyle event. He competed in the men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. In 2019, Zephir was named to Saint Lucia's 2019 Pan American Games team.
Saint Lucia competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
The women's high jump competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games will take place on the 8 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Levern Spencer from Saint Lucia.
Saint Lucia is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. Saint Lucia has not yet qualified any competitors outside of the universality places, but all National Olympic Committees are able to send competitors in athletics and swimming. The nation will be seeking its first Olympic medal; Levern Spencer's 6th-place finish in the 2016 high jump is Saint Lucia's best result to date.
