Cleveland Forde
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Guyanese |
| Born |
April 3, 1985 Georgetown, Guyana |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track |
| Event(s) | 800 metres, 1500 metres, 5000 metres |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) |
800 metres: 1:51.31 1500 metres: 3:44.23 5000 metres: 14:07.08 |
Cleveland Forde (born April 3, 1985), is a Guyanese track runner who specialized in various middle-distance and long-distance disciplines. Forde holds national records for Guyana in the 1500 metres and 5000 metres disciplines. He represented his country at the World Championships in Athletics in 2007, the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 2007 and 2008, and the 2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.
He has also run for Guyana at the Commonwealth Games (2006, 2010) and the Pan American Games (2007). His sole senior international medal is a bronze at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games. He won several regional medals in his youth at the CARIFTA Games.
Forde made his first appearance in major international competition at the 2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics, although he was the youngest in his 3000 metres heat and was last by a margin of fifty seconds.
His first international medal came at the 2002 CARIFTA Games where he won the gold medal in the 5000 metres. He would go on to compete at the 2003 and 2004 CARIFTA Games, both times finishing in first place in the 5000 m (he also managed fourth, then second in the 1500 m). He also won bronze medals in both the 5000 m and 10,000 metres at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics.
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