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Ronald Joseph Forbes (born 5 April 1985) is a track athlete from the Cayman Islands. Forbes is an All American 110 meter hurdler and 60 meter hurdler who competed collegiality for Florida International University from 2005-2008 . Forbes went on to pursue a professional track and field career competing in the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics. Forbes has competed in the and . Indoors, Forbes has qualified and competed 2010 and 2012 World Indoor Athletics Championships. Forbes has competed in the 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018 Commonwealth Games. During the opening ceremonies for the 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics he was the flag-bearer for the Cayman Islands.

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  • رونالد فوربس (بالإنجليزية: Ronald Forbes)‏ هو منافس ألعاب قوى بريطاني، ولد في 5 أبريل 1985 في جورج تاون في جزر كايمان. (ar)
  • Ronald Joseph Forbes (born 5 April 1985) is a track athlete from the Cayman Islands. Forbes is an All American 110 meter hurdler and 60 meter hurdler who competed collegiality for Florida International University from 2005-2008 . Forbes went on to pursue a professional track and field career competing in the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics. Forbes has competed in the and . Indoors, Forbes has qualified and competed 2010 and 2012 World Indoor Athletics Championships. Forbes has competed in the 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018 Commonwealth Games. During the opening ceremonies for the 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics he was the flag-bearer for the Cayman Islands. He took up athletics when he was 14 as a discus thrower and shot putter, because he hoped it would give him the opportunity for travel and a scholarship. He eventually earned a scholarship in 2004 to Bacone College in Muskogee Oklahoma where he became the Red River Athletic Conference champion in the 400 meter hurdles and after a year, transferred to Florida International University. During his time at Florida International University, he was a two time All American, finishing 3rd in the 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships and 8th in the 2008 NCAA Outdoor Championships. He is currently the Cayman Islands National Record Holder and the Florida International University Record Holder in the 55, 60 and 110 meter hurdles. In 2017 he was awarded the honor of having the Football Stadium in his home district of North side renamed to The Ronald J Forbes Playing Field; in the same year he has been recognized as a National Sports hero in the Cayman Islands. (en)
  • Ronald Joseph Forbes (né le 5 avril 1985) est un athlète des îles Caïmans, plus précisément du district du North Side, situé sur Grand Cayman, spécialiste du 110 m haies. Son record est de 13 s 50, obtenu à Clermont (Floride) le 4 juin 2011. Il a participé aux Jeux du Commonwealth à New Delhi (13 s 84), aux Jeux olympiques de Pékin (13 s 59, quart de finaliste) où il a été porte-drapeau, ainsi qu'aux 18es Jeux du Commonwealth de Melbourne de 2006.Le 5 juillet 2015, il porte le record national à 13 s 47 à La Chaux-de-Fonds (La Charrière). Le 30 avril 2016, il améliore ce record en 13 s 36 à Clermont. Le 5 août 2016, il est le porte-drapeau des Caïmans lors de la cérémonie d'ouverture des Jeux olympiques de 2016 à Rio. (fr)
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  • رونالد فوربس (بالإنجليزية: Ronald Forbes)‏ هو منافس ألعاب قوى بريطاني، ولد في 5 أبريل 1985 في جورج تاون في جزر كايمان. (ar)
  • Ronald Joseph Forbes (born 5 April 1985) is a track athlete from the Cayman Islands. Forbes is an All American 110 meter hurdler and 60 meter hurdler who competed collegiality for Florida International University from 2005-2008 . Forbes went on to pursue a professional track and field career competing in the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics. Forbes has competed in the and . Indoors, Forbes has qualified and competed 2010 and 2012 World Indoor Athletics Championships. Forbes has competed in the 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018 Commonwealth Games. During the opening ceremonies for the 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics he was the flag-bearer for the Cayman Islands. (en)
  • Ronald Joseph Forbes (né le 5 avril 1985) est un athlète des îles Caïmans, plus précisément du district du North Side, situé sur Grand Cayman, spécialiste du 110 m haies. Son record est de 13 s 50, obtenu à Clermont (Floride) le 4 juin 2011. Il a participé aux Jeux du Commonwealth à New Delhi (13 s 84), aux Jeux olympiques de Pékin (13 s 59, quart de finaliste) où il a été porte-drapeau, ainsi qu'aux 18es Jeux du Commonwealth de Melbourne de 2006.Le 5 juillet 2015, il porte le record national à 13 s 47 à La Chaux-de-Fonds (La Charrière). Le 30 avril 2016, il améliore ce record en 13 s 36 à Clermont. (fr)
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  • رونالد فوربس (ar)
  • Ronald Forbes (fr)
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