Sports in Belize - A Nation of Sports Lovers!

">and tack & field (4). Like many Latin American nations,
Road to London 2012!Belize did not win medals in Los Angeles.
BelizePanama 1970
Did you know- After its independence, on SeptemberDid you know- For the first time, British Honduras,
21, 1981, British Honduras became Belize and hastogether with Dutch Guiana (now Suriname), sent
competed in the international events -for exampleathletes to the Central American and Caribbean
Olympics, World Championships, World UniversityGames in Panama City in 1970.
Games, Pan American Games and Central AmericanSoftball
and Caribbean Games- under that name. Like manyDid you know- Like in the United States of America
countries and dependencies of the world, thisand Canada, softball is one of the most popular sports
English-speaking nation, located in Central America, hasin Belize, a democratic society since 1981. The national
not won an Olympic medal.team won the gold medal in women's softball at the
Boxing1974 Central American & Caribbean Games in Santo
Did you know- By 1983, Belize's Olympic CommitteeDomingo (Dominican Republic). This English-speaking
sent three boxers to the Pan American Games innation earned the gold medal at the expense of
Caracas, Venezuela. These athletes were NormanPuerto Rico and the Netherlands Antilles. Subsequently,
Gabourel, Ashley Rivers, and Clarence Slusher.the nation won the bronze medal at the VIII Pan
However, none of them won Pan American medals.American Games in San Juan de Puerto Rico -the first
Munich 1972medal in the history of Belizean sport-- and the silver
Did you know- By the early 1970s, British Hondurasmedal in the 1982 Central American & Caribbean
-modern-day Belize-sent a team of two athletes toGames in Havana (Cuba). In Puerto Rico, Belize
Munich (West Germany) to compete in the Summerdefeated the United States, one of the world's most
Olympic Games. The Olympic delegation compete inrespected teams. In the following year, in 1983, in
athletics and shooting.Caracas (Venezuela), Belize also won a Pan
Olympic GamesAmerican bronze medal. However, the national team
Did you know- Between July 28 and August 12, 1984,did not qualify to the Olympics Summer.
Belize, Britain's last colony in Latin America, sent aWinnipeg 1967
team of 11 athletes, none of them women, to theDid you know- Between July 24 and August 6,
Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles (California,1967British Honduras made its continental debut in the
USA). The athletes competed in boxing (1), cycling (6),Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.