In 2021, The UWI shared in the Caribbean’s celebration of Olympic glory as current students, alumni, coaches and sports medical support staff were among the Caribbean contingent at the Tokyo Games. These included four athletes who collectively won two gold medals, one silver and two bronze.
The four medals were won by Jamaican competitors:
Gold, men’s 110 metre hurdles
Gold, women’s 4x100 metre relay and silver in the women’s 100 metre race
Part of the bronze medal-winning team in the women’s 4x400 metre relay
Also competing were current UWI Mona students:
2018 Vice-Chancellor’s Sportsman of the Year and discus throw athlete
Men’s 4x400 metre relay team and 100 metre athlete
Men’s 100 metre race
Also competing were UWI Mona alumni Shanieka Ricketts and Traves Smikle in the women’s triple jump and men’s discus throw respectively.
The UWI’s contribution did not end there. Throws Coach, Julian Robinson and Head Coach, Fitz-Albert Coleman, both of Mona Campus, also participated. Although Coleman didn’t travel to the Games, he is credited with the top performances of Jamaica’s hurdle athletes.
Open Campus student, Deon Sutherland, doubled as President of the Belize Athletics Association and coach for the Belizean Olympic team, and St. Augustine Campus staffer, Mr. Shurlan Bonas, was one of the massage therapists on the T&T Olympic team.
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