Ronald Joseph Forbes (born 5 April 1985) is a track athlete from the Cayman Islands.

Forbes went on to pursue a professional track and field career competing in the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics.

He took up athletics when he was 14 as a discus thrower and shot putter, because he hoped it would give him the opportunity for travel and a scholarship.

[4] He eventually earned a scholarship in 2004 to Bacone College in Muskogee Oklahoma where he became the Red River Athletic Conference champion in the 400 meter hurdles and after a year, transferred to Florida International University.

In 2017 he was awarded the honor of having the Football Stadium in his home district of North side renamed to The Ronald J Forbes Playing Field;[5] in the same year he has been recognized as a National Sports hero in the Cayman Islands.