As Puerto Rico belongs to the United States but is not part of it because it hasn't yet been admitted to the Union (our country is called the United States of America, not the United States and Territories of America), the island territory sends its own team to the Olympics. And one of its recent stars is track star Jasmine Camacho-Quinn.
Ms. Camacho-Quinn, who was born in South Carolina to a black father and a Puerto Rican mother, specializes in the hurdles and competed for the University of Kentucky. She became the first Puerto Rican athlete of African heritage to win a gold medal in the Olympics, in the 100-meter hurdles at he Tokyo Olympics in 2020 (no, 2021). She won the bronze in the same event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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