Clifton Forbes

Clifton Forbes (February 18, 1946 – March 1, 2010) was an Olympic athlete, who represented Jamaica at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He won a a bronze medal in the 4×400 metre relay at the 1967 Pan American Games.

Later he served as a manager for teams to the Olympic, Commonwealth, Pan American, Central America and Caribbean Games, and a trainer of the national netball team.

Death

On March 1, 2010, Forbes died at the age of 64 after a long illness.

References

Central American and Caribbean Games Champions in Men's 4x400 m

1926: Mexico (A. García, C. García, Moraila, Iturbe)
1930: Mexico (Álvarez, de Anda, Iturbe, Moraila)
1935: Cuba (Vázquez, Hernández, Fernández, Gómez)
1938: Panama (Scott, Edgardo, Chevans, Baker)
1946: Jamaica (McKenley, Woodstock, Rhoden, Wint)
1950: Panama (S. La Beach, McSween, Prince, L. La Beach)
1954: Jamaica (Laing, LaBeach, Gardner, Rhoden)
1959: Puerto Rico (F. Rivera, M. Rivera, de Jesús, Rodríguez)
1962: Jamaica (Mel Spence, Williams, Mal Spence, Kerr)
1966: Jamaica (Forbes, Mel Spence, Myton, Hoilette)
1970: Cuba (Olivera, Díaz, J. García, Álvarez)
1974: Cuba (E. García, Gutiérrez, Álvarez, Juantorena)
1978: Jamaica (Barriffe, Heywood, Brown, Cameron)
1982: Cuba (Pavó, Reyté, Ramos, Juantorena)
1986: Cuba (Peñalver, Pavó, Valentín, Stevens)
1990: Jamaica (Clarke, Burnett, McCrea, Morris)
1993: Cuba (Mena, Herrera, Martínez, Téllez)
1998: Cuba (Mena, Crusellas, Hevia, Téllez)
2002: Dominican Republic (Matos, Santa, Peralta, Sánchez)
2006: Jamaica (Ayre, Green, Chambers, Steele)
2010: Jamaica (Thompson, Green, Cato, Fothergill)
2014: Cuba (Collazo, Acea, Pellicier, Lescay)

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