Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the 2015 Pan American Games

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the 2015 Pan American Games
IOC code	VIN
NOC	The St. Vincent and the Grenadines National Olympic Committee
Website	www.svgnoc.org
in Toronto, Canada 10–26 July 2015
Competitors	5 in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Kineke Alexander (opening)
Medals Ranked 28th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015. ^[1]

A team of five athletes (three men and two women) across three sports (athletics, swimming and for the first time taekwondo) represented the country at the games. This marked an increase of one athlete from the previous edition of the games in 2011. ^[2]

Before competition began, The Saint Vincent and Grenadines delegation had a pre-games training camp at Georgian College in Barrie, just north of Toronto. ^[3]

Track and field athlete Kineke Alexander was the flagbearer for the team during the opening ceremony. ^[4] Alexander also won the country's only medal at the games, a bronze, in the women's 400 metres event. ^[5] This ranked the country an equal 28th on the medal table.

Competitors

The following table lists the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines delegation per sport and gender.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	1	2
Swimming	1	1	2
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Total	3	2	5

Medalists

Further information: 2015 Pan American Games medal table

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Bronze Kineke Alexander Athletics Women's 400m July 23

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 0 0 1 1 Total 0 0 1 1 Medals by day Day Total July 23 0 0 1 1 Total 0 0 1 1

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

The Saint Vincent and the Grenadines qualified two athletes. ^[6]

Key

• Note – Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
• Q = Qualified for the next round

Track

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi Final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Courtney Carl Williams	Men's 200 m	21.35	27	did not advance
Kineke Alexander	Women's 400 m	—		52.24	2 Q	51.50

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

The Saint Vincent and the Grenadines received two universality spots (one male and one female). ^[7]

Key

• Note – Ranks given are for the entire round
• DNS = Did not start

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nikolas Sylvester	Men's 50 m freestyle	26.14	19	did not advance
	Men's 100 m freestyle	58.29	24	did not advance
Men's 100 m breastroke	1:11.94	20	did not advance
Izzy Shne Joachim	Women's 50 m freestyle	DNS		did not advance
	Women's 100 m breastroke	1:20.25	17	did not advance
Women's 200 m breastroke	2:58.72	16	did not advance

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games and Taekwondo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

The Saint Vincent and the Grenadines received a wildcard to enter one male athlete. ^[8]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mikhail Charles	Men's 80kg	Medina  (VEN) L 0–17	did not advance

See also

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References

1. "PASO Member National Olympic Committees". www.toronto2015.org/. TO2015 . Retrieved 12 August 2014.
2. "St Vincent and the Grenadines represented at the 2015 Pan-American Games". www.radiogrenadines.com/. Radio Grenadines. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2017.^{[ dead link ‍]}
3. Browne, Cheryl (30 June 2015). "Pan Am athletes welcomed in Barrie". Barrie Examiner . Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
4. "Pan Am Games: Flag-bearers named for all countries". www.huffingtonpost.ca/. CBC Sports. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
5. Prescott, E. Glenford (24 July 2015). "SVG's Kineke Alexander takes Pan Am Games 400 metres bronze". IWN News. Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
6. "Vincentian breaks 20-year-old US sprint record". I-Witness News. Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
7. Picasso, John (10 June 2015). "Two Swimmers To Represent SVG In Canada". NBC Radio. Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
8. Korram, Alex (20 March 2015). "Wild Cards for Toronto 2015". en.mastkd.com/. Mastaekwondo. Retrieved 20 March 2015.