Obadele Thompson won a bronze medal in the 100m at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games.
[2] Ryan Brathwaite won the gold medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin.
[6] Akela Jones won a bronze in the women's high jump at the Pan American Games.
She also placed fourth in the Women's 400 metres Hurdles event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Seville, Spain.
[10] Mario Burke won bronze medal in the 100 metres at 2016 World Junior Championships in Athletics.
Additionally, Barbados has players that are a composite part of the West Indies cricket team.
It was the only Caribbean team that qualified for the 2006 Commonwealth Games and celebrated several surprising victories.
Main kite and windsurf beach is Silver Rock at the south tip of the island.