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The Bahamas competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
In 1956, Sloan Farrington & Durward Knowles won a bronze medal in sailing.
The first Olympic gold medal for the Bahamas was won in sailing (Sir Durwood Knowles and Cecile Cooke in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan).
After a losing streak of 28 years at the olympics the Bahamas won bronze the men's triple jump through Frank Rutherford.
As for track & field the Bahamas placed second in the women's 4 x 100m in 1996 with Eldece Clark-Lewis, Chandra Sturrup, Sevatheda Fynes & Pauline Davis-Thompson.
In the 2000 Sydney Olympics the "Golden Girls" were born, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson, Sevatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup & Eldece Clark-Lewis by winning gold in the women's 4 x 100m relay.
Pauline Davis-Thompson also won silver in the women's 200m in Sydney.
In 2004 Athens Tonique Williams-Darling won gold in the 400m finishing in 49.41(s) & Debbie Ferguson placed third in women's 200m 22.30(s).
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics Andretti Bain, Michael Mathieu, Andrae Williams and Christopher Brown won the Silver medal in the 4 x 400m men's relay team.
Leevan Sands aka "Superman" also won an Olympic medal for the Bahamas in the men's triple jump after placing third with 17.59/+0.9 (Distance (m)/Wind (m/s) setting a national record.
India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of Bahamas entered the doubles final of Davidoff Swiss Indoors tournament, prevailing over Argentine pair Jose Acasuso and Agustin Calleri on Saturday.
Tennis Masters Cup qualifiers Knowles and Bhupathi, currently No.
3 in the Stanford ATP Doubles Race, knocked out Acasuso and Calleri 7-5, 6-2 in an hour and 17 minutes.
They are also very active in the world of karting, the current Bahamian champion is Genevieve Siddons.
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