Grenada at the 2015 Pan American Games explained

Noc:GRN
Nocname:Grenada Olympic Committee
Year:2015
Date:10–26 July 2015
Games:Pan American Games
Location:Toronto, Canada
Competitors:7
Sports:3
Flagbearer Close:Kurt Felix
Gold:0
Silver:1
Bronze:0
Rank:=25
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1987

Grenada competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.[1]

On July 2, 2015 the Grenada Olympic Committee announced a team of 7 athletes in 3 sports (athletics, swimming and tennis).[2] Swimmer Oreoluwa Cherebin was the flagbearer for the team during the opening ceremony.[3]

After winning zero medals at the last edition of the games in 2011, Grenada won a silver medal at this edition through Kurt Felix's silver medal in the men's decathlon.[4] This left the country tied for 25th on the medal table.

Competitors

The following table lists Grenada's delegation per sport and gender.

width=120Sport !width=60Men !width=60Women !width=60Total
Athletics314
Swimming112
Tennis101
Total527

Medalists

The following competitors from Grenada won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.|style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"|

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Medals by sport
SportTotal
Athletics0101
Total0101
Medals by day
DayTotal
July 230101
Total0101
Medals by gender
GenderTotal
Male0100
Female0001
Total0101

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Grenada qualified a team of four athletes (three men and one woman). An original team of nine athletes were entered, but the team size was reduced after the organizing committee has to reduce the entries to the quota limit of 680.[2]

Men
  • Track
  • Combined events – Decathlon
    AthleteEvent100 m400 m1500 mFinalRank
    Kurt Felixstyle=font-size:95%Result10.917.5415.232.0949.6714.7144.544.6064.104:38.398269 PB
    style=font-size:95%Points881945804887830885757790800690
    Lindon VictorResult10.996.9114.751.9452.1815.8549.804.0066.975:14.037453 PB7
    Points863792774749717750866617843482
    Women
  • Track
  • Swimming

    See main article: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Grenada received two universality spots (one male and one female).[2]

    AthleteEventHeatFinal
    TimeRankTimeRank
    align=left rowspan="3"Corey OllivierreMen's 50 m freestyle26.6113did not advance
    Men's 100 m breaststroke1:10.9619did not advance
    Men's 200 m breaststroke2:41.5222did not advance
    align=left rowspan="3"Oreoluwa CherebinWomen's 50 m freestyle28.2826did not advance
    Women's 100 m breaststroke1:21.5218did not advance
    Women's 100 m butterfly1:10.0521did not advance

    Tennis

    See main article: Tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games and Tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Grenada received one wildcard spot in the men's singles event.[5] [6]

    Men

    See also

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: PASO Member National Olympic Committees. www.toronto2015.org/. TO2015. 12 August 2014. 30 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140630103334/http://www.toronto2015.org/about-us/paso. dead.
    2. Web site: Kurt Felix heads Grenada's team to Pan Am Games. Bascombe. Michael. 2 July 2015. www.grenadasports.gd/. Grenada Sports. 3 July 2015.
    3. Web site: Pan Am Games: Flag-bearers named for all countries. 10 July 2015. www.panam.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 11 July 2015.
    4. Web site: Kurt Felix credits hard work for Pan Am Games medal. Bascombe. Michael. 23 July 2015. www.grenadasports.gd/. Grenada Sports. 27 May 2017.
    5. Web site: 2015 Panam Games-Acceptance Lists - Jun5. 5 June 2015. www.scribd.com/. Pan American Tennis Confederation. 7 June 2015.
    6. Web site: Yannik James wins opening match at Toronto PanAm Games. Bascombe. Michael. 10 July 2015. www.grenadasports.gd/. Grenada Sports. 14 May 2017.