In anticipation of the 2012 Olympic Games, we’ve compiled a list of how many competitors each country we work in is sending to London. The countries we partner with may be small compared to the USA, but they are athletic! So let’s go Team USA and all our friends in the Caribbean and Latin America!
Antigua + Barbuda – 2 competitors (100m, 200m dash)
Belize – 2 competitors (400m hurdles, judo)
Dominica – 1 competitor (400m dash)
Dominican Republic – 27 competitors in 9 sports (boxing, gymnastics, judo, athletics, shooting, table tennis, taekwondo, women’s volleyball, weightlifting)
El Salvador – 9 competitors in 7 sports (athletics (50km walk!), women’s cycling, judo, rowing, shooting, swimming, weightlifting)
Grenada – 6 in 3 sports (athletics, swimming, taekwondo)
Guatemala – 18 in 10 sports (athletics, badminton, cycling, gym, judo, modern pentathlon, sailing, shooting, taekwondo, weightlifting)
Guyana – 6 in 3 sports (athletics, judo, swimming)
Haiti – 2 in 2 sports (triple jump, women’s judo)
Honduras – 22 in 5 sports (boxing, soccer, judo, shooting, wrestling)
Jamaica – 38 in 4 sports (athletics (Go Usain Go!), equestrian, swimming, taekwondo)
Mexico – 99 in 23 sports (archery, synchronized swimming, diving, canoeing, rowing and a lot more…)
Nicaragua – Osmar Bravo in boxing!
Panama – 6 in 4 sports (athletics, judo, swimming, taekwondo)
St. Lucia – 4 in 3 sports (high jump, sailing, swimming)
Trinidad – 18 in 7 sports (athletics, boxing, cycling, track, sailing, shooting, swimming)
***What country or Olympic athlete are you rooting for this Summer?***
