Saint Lucia at the 2019 Pan American Games

Saint Lucia at the 2019 Pan American Games
IOC code	LCA
NOC	Saint Lucia Olympic Committee
in Lima, Peru 26 July–11 August, 2019
Competitors	7 in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Luc Chevrier
Medals Ranked 22nd	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

Saint Lucia competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019. ^{[1] [2]}

David Christopher of Saint Lucia's boxing federation's president served as the chef de mission. ^[3]

On July 18, 2019, the Saint Lucia Olympic Committee named a team of seven athletes (three men and four women) competing in three sports. ^{[4] [5]}

During the opening ceremony of the games, sailor Luc Chevrier carried the flag of the country as part of the parade of nations. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics (track and field)	1	3	4
Sailing	1	1	1
Swimming	1	0	1
Total	3	4	7

Medalists

The following competitors from Saint Lucia won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Levern Spencer Athletics Women's high jump August 8  Bronze Albert Reynolds Athletics Men's javelin August 10

Athletics (track and field)

Levern Spencer defended her title from four years prior in Toronto.

Main articles: Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Saint Lucia qualified four track and field athletes (one man and three women). ^[5] Both of Saint Lucia's medals were won in the sport. Levern Spencer defended her title from four years prior in Toronto. ^[9] While Albert Reynolds won bronze in the javelin throw on the penultimate day of competition. ^[10] Both athletes were awarded with cash prizes for their performances after the games. ^[11]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
• NR = National record

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Albert Reynolds	Men's javelin throw	82.19 NR
Jeanelle Scheper	Women's high jump	1.84	4
Levern Spencer		1.87
Sandisha Antoine	Women's triple jump	13.15	12

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2019 Pan American Games and Sailing at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Saint Lucia qualified two sailors (one male and one female). ^{[12] [13] [14] [15]}

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M
Luc Chevrier	Men's laser	14	11	7	16	15	17	14	14	17	15	Did not advance	123	15
Stephanie Devaux-Lovell	Women's laser radial	3	6	5	13	12	8	12	15	10	11	Did not advance	80	11

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification

Saint Lucia received one universality spot in swimming to enter one man. ^[16]

Key

• Note – Ranks given are for the entire round
• QB – Qualified for the B final

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jean-Luc Zephir	50 m freestyle	23.84	23	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	51.77	18 QB	51.94	15

See also

• Saint Lucia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

References

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