British Virgin Islands at the 2015 Pan American Games explained

Noc:IVB
Nocname:BVI Olympic Committee
Year:2015
Date:10–26 July 2015
Games:Pan American Games
Location:Toronto, Canada
Competitors:6
Sports:3
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1983

The British Virgin Islands competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.[1] The Chef de mission of the team was Xavier Dag Samuels.[2]

A final squad of six athletes (two men and four women) in three sports was announced on June 18, 2015 by the British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee.[3] This marked the doubling of the number of athletes the nation sent to the last edition of the games in 2011. Squash athlete Joseph Chapman was the flagbearer for the team during the opening ceremony.[4]

The British Virgin Islands did not medal at the games, continuing its drought as one of two nations (along with Aruba) to never win a Pan American Games medal.[5]

Competitors

The following table lists British Virgin Islands's delegation per sport and gender.

width=120Sport !width=60Men !width=60Women !width=60Total
Athletics134
Squash101
Swimming011
Total 24 6

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. The British Virgin Islands qualified four athletes.[3] [6]

Men
  • Field Events
  • AthleteEventFinal
    DistanceRank
    align=left rowspan="2"Eldred HenryShot Put16.4712
    Discus ThrowNM
    Women
  • Track events
  • AthleteEventHeatSemi FinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Tahesia Harrigan-Scott100 m11.1911 Q11.189did not advance
    Karene King200 m24.1622did not advance
    Field Events
    Key

    Squash

    See main article: Squash at the 2015 Pan American Games and Squash at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. The British Virgin Islands received a reallocated men's wildcard slot.[7]

    Swimming

    See main article: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. The British Virgin Islands received a wild card to enter one female swimmer.[7]

    Women
    AthleteEventHeatFinal
    TimeRankTimeRank
    align=left rowspan="2"Elinah Phillip50 m freestyle27.3721did not advance
    100 m freestyle1:00.7624did not advance

    See also

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: PASO Member National Olympic Committees . toronto2015.org . . 12 August 2014 . 30 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140630103334/http://www.toronto2015.org/about-us/paso . dead .
    2. News: 31 December 2014 . Reflections – Olympic Committee notes 2014 performance . bvinews.com . 2 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150203000201/http://bvinews.com/new/reflections-olympic-committee-notes-2014-performance/ . 3 February 2015 . dead .
    3. News: 18 June 2015 . Athletes to represent BVI overseas . bvinews.com . 19 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150620043401/http://bvinews.com/new/13-athletes-to-represent-bvi-overseas/ . 20 June 2015 . dead .
    4. Web site: Pan Am Games: Flag-bearers named for all countries. 10 July 2015. www.huffingtonpost.ca/. . 14 May 2017.
    5. News: VI athletes looking to end Pan Am Games medal drought . Virgin Islands News Online. Tortola, British Virgin Islands . 20 July 2015 . 25 May 2017.
    6. News: Athletes arrive in Toronto for Pan Am Games . Virgin Islands News Online. Tortola, British Virgin Islands . 18 July 2015 . 25 May 2017.
    7. News: Six Athletes confirmed for Pan Am Games . Virgin Islands News Online. Tortola, British Virgin Islands . 9 July 2015 . 25 May 2017.