| "> | | | | 1980s; Caribbean's first Olympic medal since the |
| From Athletics and Boxing to Swimming! | | | | competition was established in 1896. At the 1984 Los |
| Aquatics | | | | Angeles Olympics, Weller came in sixth place. He |
| Did you know- In recent decades, Jamaica has had | | | | began to make a name for himself in cycling in the |
| two important swimmers.Janelle Atkinson, for example, | | | | mid-1970s when he was runner-up at the Pan |
| was Latin America's second best female swimmer, | | | | American Games in Mexico City, behind Joselyn Lovell |
| after Claudia Poll (Costa Rica), in the late 1990s and | | | | of Canada (gold medal). Toward the end of the 1970s, |
| early 2000s. Miss Atkinson, a graduated from the | | | | he also won a silver medal in the VIII Pan American |
| Bolles School (Jacksonville, Florida), took fourth place in | | | | Games in San Juan de Puerto Rico. For that |
| the women's 400m freestyle at the 2000 Olympic | | | | performance, Weller qualified for the Summer |
| Games in Sydney, Australia. At the 1999 Pan | | | | Olympics in the Soviet Union in 1980. During the years |
| American Games in North America, she won three | | | | from 1975 to 1984, this amazing athlete became one |
| silver medals. Fifteen years ago, by 1984, the Island's | | | | of the most respected cyclists in the Western |
| swimmer Andrew Phillips finished sixth in the men's | | | | Hemisphere. |
| 200 meter individual medley -which is made up of the | | | | Deon Hemmings |
| butterfly, the breaststroke, the backstroke, and | | | | Did you know- Deon Hemmings became the first |
| freestyle- in the Games of the 23rd Olympiad in | | | | female hurdler from Latin America to capture an |
| America, ahead of Nikolai Klapkarek and Ralf Diegel | | | | Olympic title when she won the women's 400m |
| (both from Germany). | | | | hurdles in the Summer Olympic Games in the United |
| Boxing | | | | States in the mid-1990s. Today Miss Hemmings, like |
| Did you know- Jamaican boxer Barry Foster captured | | | | Asafa Powell and Usain Bolt, is a popular figure in the |
| the bronze medal in the lightweight division in the IV | | | | Island, one of the most successful Olympic nations in |
| Pan American Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1963. A | | | | the world. Athlete Hemmings was born on September |
| year ago, the national boxing team, led by Roland | | | | 10, 1968 in Saint Ann, Jamaica. |
| Holmes, won two gold medals in the Central American | | | | Soccer |
| and Caribbean Games in Kingston, Jamaica. | | | | Did you know- Soccer is one of the most favorite |
| Cycling | | | | pastimes of the nation's inhabitants. Toward the end of |
| Did you know- Cyclist David Weller earned a bronze | | | | the 20th century, the Island won the right to compete in |
| medal in the Games of the XXII Olympiad in the early | | | | the FIFA World Cup in Paris, France. |