| Virgin Islands at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | ISV |
| NOC | Virgin Islands Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| inRio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 7 in 4 sports |
| Flag bearer | Cy Thompson[1] |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Virgin Islands, also known as the United States Virgin Islands and officially as the Virgin Islands of the United States, competed at the2016 Summer Olympics inRio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the territory's twelfth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
TheVirgin Islands Olympic Committee selected a team of seven athletes, five men and two women, to compete in four different sports at the Games.[2] This was the same number of athletes and one more sport thanat London in 2012.
Three of the athletes had also competed four years earlier, including triple jumperMuhammad Halim and sprinterLaVerne Jones-Ferrette, who headed to her fourth straight Games as the oldest and most experienced member (aged 35) of the team.Laser sailor andPan American Games finalistCy Thompson led his delegation as the flag bearer for the Virgin Islands in the opening ceremony.[1]
The US Virgin Islands, however, failed to win a single Olympic medal in Rio de Janeiro. The nation's previous medal feat happened at the1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where sailorPeter Holmberg bagged the silver in the Finn class.
Athletes from the Virgin Islands achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[3][4]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Eddie Lovett | Men's 110 m hurdles | 13.77 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
| LaVerne Jones-Ferrette | Women's 200 m | 23.35 | 6 | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Muhammad Halim | Men's triple jump | NM | — | Did not advance | |
Virgin Islands entered one boxer to compete in the Olympic boxing tournament in the men's super heavyweight division.Clayton Laurent claimed his Olympic spot with a box-off victory at the2016 American Qualification Tournament inBuenos Aires,Argentina.[5]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Clayton Laurent | Men's super heavyweight |  Pfeifer (GER)W 2–1 |  Yoka (FRA)L 0–3 | Did not advance | |||
Sailors from the Virgin Islands qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and North American qualifying regattas.[6]
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
| Cy Thompson | Men's Laser | 13 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 33 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 16 | EL | 152 | 19 | |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Virgin Islands received a Universality invitation fromFINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[7][8]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Rexford Tullius | Men's 200 m backstroke | 1:59.14 | 20 | Did not advance | |||
| Caylee Watson | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:07.19 | 30 | Did not advance | |||
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