Belize at the 2004 Summer Olympics Summer Olympics have appeared in every Summer Olympiad since. This made Athens their ninth appearance at a Summer Olympic Games, although they have yet to appear at any Winter Olympic Games. The 2004 Summer Olympics were held from 13–29 August 2004; a total of 10,625 athletes participated, representing 201 National Olympic Committees. Belize sent two track and field athletes to Athens: Michael Aguilar and Emma Wade. For the opening ceremony, Wade was selected as flag-bearer. Emma Wade was 23 years old at the time of the Athens Olympics and had previously represented Belize at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
2009 Summer Universiade the 2009 Summer Universiade games began in early 2004. Together with Belgrade another two cities bid for the event - Monterrey in Mexico and Poznań in Poland. Working in Belgrade's favour were the various major sporting events the city was awarded to host in the upcoming 2005, 2006 and 2007 such as Eurobasket 2005, the 2005 European Volleyball Championship, the 2006 European Water Polo Championship, and the European Youth Olympic Festival 2007. Furthermore, the city launched two unsuccessful candidate bids to organize the Summer Olympic Games: for the 1992 Summer Olympics Belgrade was eliminated in the third round of International