Belize at the 2024 Summer Olympics
The officials present were Giovanni Alamilla, who served as the chef de mission, Hilberto "Hilly" Martinez, the president of the Belize Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (BOCGA), Allan Sharp, the secretary general of the BOCGA, and Cojac Smith, the president of the Belize Athletic Association.A singular athlete qualified for the Games, 2020 Summer Olympian Shaun Gill, a sprinter who competed in the men's 100 metres.[8][9] With the help of athletic coach and Olympian Colin Thurton,[10] Gill acquired an Olympic scholarship in 2023 to help with financing his training.[13] He ran in the fourth heat and placed sixth out of the eight people in the round, where he finished with a time of 11.17 seconds and did not advance further, citing jet lag for his performance.[16] After Gill competed in his event, he announced his retirement and set up a GoFundMe page for funding to train younger Belizean runners, focus on his future job as an engineer, and take up a course for a master's degree in management studies at Texas A&M University–Kingsville.
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