Elvis Forde
Elvis Forde (born 18 November 1959) is a retired Barbadian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He was the flag bearer for his native country at the opening ceremony of the 1988 Summer Olympics.
He won the bronze medals at the 1985 Central American and Caribbean Championships and the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games, and the gold medal at the 1987 Central American and Caribbean Championships.
At the 1984 Olympic Games he finished sixth in the 4 x 400 metres relay, together with teammates Richard Louis, David Peltier and Clyde Edwards. Their time of 3:01.60 minutes is still the Barbadian record.[1]
Forde also competed in the individual distance at the 1984 Olympics. Here, he achieved his career best time of 45.32 seconds. He also competed at the 1987 World Indoor Championships and the 1988 Olympic Games. Indoor, he was a 2-time winner of the 600-yard dash at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, the last 2 times the event was held before being converted into the 500 metres.[2] He is the former head track and field coach at Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. Forde is now the head men and women's cross-country and women's track & field coach at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
References
External links
- Elvis Forde at World Athletics
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Amateur Athletic Union
- 1906–7: E.B. Parsons
- 1908–9: Mel Sheppard
- 1910: Harry Gissing
- 1911: Abel Kiviat
- 1912: not held
- 1913: Abel Kiviat
- 1914–5: Tom Halpin
- 1916: Bill Bingham
- 1917: Earl Eby
- 1918: Marvin Gustavson
- 1919: Jack Sellars
- 1920: Earl Eby
- 1921: F. L. Murray
- 1922: Sid Leslie
- 1923: Earl Eby
- 1924: Walter Mulvihill
- 1925: Vincent Lally
- 1926: Horatio Fitch
- 1927: George Leness
- 1928–31: Phil Edwards (CAN)
- 1932: Alex Wilson (CAN)
- 1933–5: Milton Sandler
- 1936–7: Eddie O'Brien
- 1938: Jimmy Herbert
- 1939–40: Charles Belcher
- 1941: Jimmy Herbert
- 1942: Roy Cochran
- 1943: Lewis Smith
- 1944: Robert Ufer
- 1945–6: Elmore Harris
- 1947: George Guida
- 1948–9: Dave Bolen
- 1950–1: Hugo Maiocco
- 1952: Charles Moore
- 1953: Mal Whitfield
- 1954: Reggie Pearman
- 1955: Charles Jenkins
- 1956: Lou Jones
- 1957–8: Charles Jenkins
- 1959: Josh Culbreath
- 1960: Tom Murphy
- 1961: Eddie Southern
- 1962: Bill Crothers
- 1963: Jack Yerman
- 1964: Charles Buchta
- 1965: Jack Yerman
- 1966: Theron Lewis
- 1967: Jim Kemp
- 1968–70: Martin McGrady
- 1971: Andrzej Badenski
- 1972: Lee Evans
- 1973: Fred Newhouse
- 1974–5: Wes Williams
- 1976–7: Fred Sowerby (ANT)
- 1978: Stan Vinson
- 1979: Mike Solomon (TTO)
The Athletics Congress
- 1980: Mark Enyeart
- 1981: Mike Solomon (TTO)
- 1982: Fred Sowerby (ANT)
- 1983: Eugene Sanders
- 1984: Mark Rowe
- 1985–6: Elvis Forde (BAR)
- 1987: Ian Morris (TTO)
- 1988: Ken Lowery
- 1989: Mark Rowe
- 1990: David Patrick
- 1991: Andrew Valmon
- 1992: Mark Everett
USA Track & Field
- 1993: Mark Everett
- 1994-2014: not held
- 2015: Casimir Loxsom
- 2017: Erik Sowinski
- 2019: Donavan Brazier
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