{{Short description|British Virgin Islands athlete}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Beyonce Defreitas | birth_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = British Virgin Islands | sport = Athletics | event = Sprint | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|3|9|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | pb = {{ubl | '''60m:''' 7.26 (Nanjing, 2025) | '''100m:''' 11.16 (Winter Garden, 2025) | '''200m:''' 22.81 (Tampa, 2023) }} | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{IVB}}}} {{Medal|Competition|NACAC U23 Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2023 San Jose|200 m}} {{Medal|Bronze|2023 San Jose|100 m}} {{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Youth Games}} {{Medal|Silver|2017 Bahamas|200m}} }} '''Beyonce Defreitas''' (born 9 March 2001) is a track and field athlete from the British Virgin Islands who competes as a sprinter.<ref>{{cite web|website=World Athletics|title=Beyonce Defreitas|accessdate=22 March 2025|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/british-virgin-islands/beyonce-defreitas-14695519}}</ref>
==Early life== She attended Elmore Stoutt High School in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bvibeacon.com/class-of-2018-consists-of-194-secondary-school-graduates/|website=BVI Beacon|accessdate=22 March 2025|title= Class of 2018 consists of 194 secondary school graduates|date=2 August 2018}}</ref> She studied at the University of Central Florida.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://theamerican.org/news/2023/3/21/ucf-houston-south-florida-bring-home-first-outdoor-track-field-weekly-honors.aspx|website=The American|accessdate=22 March 2025|title= UCF, Houston, South Florida Bring Home First Outdoor Track & Field Weekly Honors|date=21 March 2023}}</ref>
==Career== She was selected for the British Virgin Islands team at age-group levels at the 2014 and 2018 CARIFTA Games.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://trackalerts.com/2014/04/bvi-named-21-for-carifta-games-2014/ |title=BVI named 21 for Carifta Games 2014|accessdate=22 March 2025|website=Track Alerts|date=1 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://bvinews.com/local-athlete-lands-sports-scholarship-in-us/|website=bvinews|accessdate=22 March 2025|title= Local athlete lands sports scholarship in US|date=23 March 2018}}</ref> She was a silver medalist in the 200 metres at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games, to become the first female medalist at the Games for her nation.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/sports/v-i-sending-19-athletes-to-47th-carifta-games/article_64cdb914-c1ba-5970-80b6-63f922515363.html|website=Virginislandsdailynews|accessdate=22 March 2025|title= V.I. sending 19 athletes to 47th CARIFTA Games|date=27 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://bvinews.com/history-makers-return-home/|website=BVI News|accessdate=22 March 2025|title= History makers return home|date=25 July 2017}}</ref> She became a member of Sprint Tech Track Club in Clermont, Florida.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fl.milesplit.com/articles/212193/flo-golden-south-stud-alert-beyonce-defreitas |website=Milesplit|accessdate=22 March 2025|title= Flo Golden South Stud Alert: Beyonce Defreitas|date=19 May 2017}}</ref>
Alongside Kyron McMaster, she was one of only two athletes from the British Virgin Islands selected for the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, where she raced in the 200 metres.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/sports/defreitas-at-worlds/image_a59a5c4d-7293-59e9-892d-8e7e4f7a5642.html |website=Virginislandsdailynews|accessdate=22 March 2025|title=DeFreitas at Worlds|date=30 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://caribbean.loopnews.com/content/two-athletes-represent-bvi-world-athletics-championships#| website=Caribbean Loopnews|accessdate=22 March 2025|title= Two athletes to represent BVI at World Athletics championships|date=13 July 2022}}</ref> She reached the semifinals of the 200 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://caribbean.loopnews.com/content/birmingham-2022-bvis-beyonce-defreitas-200m-semis#|website=Caribbean Loopnews|accessdate=22 March 2025|title= Birmingham 2022: BVI's Beyonce Defreitas into 200m semis|date=4 August 2022}}</ref> Along with Rikkoi Brathwaite, she had been a flag bearer for her country in the opening ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://caribbean.loopnews.com/content/caribbeans-flag-bearers-2022-commonwealth-games#|website= Caribbean Loopnews|accessdate=22 March 2025|title= The Caribbean's flag bearers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games|date=28 July 2022}}</ref>
She was selected for the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bvinews.com/nine-vi-athletes-to-compete-at-cac-games/|website=BVI News|accessdate=22 March 2025|title= Nine VI athletes to compete at CAC Games|date=22 June 2023}}</ref> She was a silver medalist in the 200 metres and a bronze medalist in the 100 metres at the 2023 NACAC U23 Championships in Costa Rica.<ref>{{cite web|date=21 July 2023|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7147652?eventId=10229509|title=NACAC U23 Championships|website=World Athletics|accessdate=22 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=23 July 2023|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7147652?eventId=10229510 |title=NACAC U23 Championships|website=World Athletics|accessdate=22 March 2023}}</ref>
She ran a 7.26 seconds personal best and reached the semi-finals of the 60 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportsmax.tv/athletics/international/world-indoors/jamaicas-williams-antigua-barbudas-lloyd-impress-in-womens-60m-heats-at-world-indoor-championships|website=SportsMax|accessdate=22 March 2025|title=Jamaica’s Williams, Antigua & Barbuda's Lloyd impress in women’s 60m heats at World Indoor Championships|date=21 March 2025|archive-date=22 March 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250322092316/https://sportsmax.tv/athletics/international/world-indoors/jamaicas-williams-antigua-barbudas-lloyd-impress-in-womens-60m-heats-at-world-indoor-championships|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the semi-final she ran 7.38 seconds and did not proceed to the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportsmax.tv/athletics/international/world-indoors/mixed-fortunes-for-caribbean-athletes-as-prince-campbell-into-60m-hurdles-final-at-world-indoors-4|website=SportsMax|accessdate=22 March 2025|date=22 March 2025|title=Mixed fortunes for Caribbean athletes as Prince, Campbell into 60m hurdles final at World Indoors}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> In September 2025, she competed in the 200 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7190593?eventId=10229509 |website=World Athletics|accessdate=25 September 2025|title= World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025|date=18 Sep 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://jahphixtelevision.com/2025/09/10/road-to-tokyo-bvi-athletes-qualify-through-ranking-system-for-world-championships/|website=jahphixtelevision|accessdate=17 Sep 2025|date=11 Sep 2025|title= LOCAL NEWSRoad to Tokyo: BVI Athletes Qualify Through Ranking System for World Championships}}</ref>
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