RIO 2016 OLYMPIC SUMMER GAMES

Dominica competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was Dominica’s sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

The Dominican squad featured two track and field athletes at the Games: triple jumpers Thea LaFond and Cuban-born Yordanis Durañona García.

Yordanis Durañona García was Dominica’s flag bearer.

Neither athlete secured a medal.

  Photo Credits: Getty images.  Yordanis Durañona García (l) and Thea LaFond (r)

Photo credits: David Goldman. Dominica’s flag-bearer at Rio 2016, Yordanis Durañona García.