Jamaica at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Jamaica competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with three competitors in two sports.
| Jamaica at the 2018 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | JAM |
| NOC | Jamaica Olympic Association |
| Website | www |
| in Pyeongchang, South Korea February 9–25, 2018 | |
| Competitors | 3 in 2 sports |
| Flag bearer | Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian (opening)[1] |
| Medals |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobsleigh | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Skeleton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Bobsleigh
Jamaica qualified a women's bobsled of two athletes. This will mark the first time the country has entered women into the bobsleigh competition.[2][3] In the days leading up to the event the team's participation was in doubt after their German coach Sandra Kiriasis quit after refusing to change her role from driving coach to performance analyst. Kiriasis claimed ownership of the team's sled and insisted on payment from the Jamaica Bobsleigh Federation which was refused.[4]
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian* Carrie Russell |
Two-woman | 51.29 | 17 | 51.50 | 19 | 51.83 | 19 | 51.32 | 13 | 3:25.94 | 19 |
* – Denotes the driver of each sled
Skeleton
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Anthony Watson | Men's | 53.13 | 29 | 54.04 | 29 | 53.35 | 29 | Eliminated | 2:40.52 | 29 | |
References
- "Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - Women´s Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- Iszatt, Alex (17 January 2018). "Jamaica women enter Olympic bobsleigh - 30 years after the men". The Daily Telegraph. London, England. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- Thompson, Anna (14 February 2018). "Winter Olympics: Jamaica's women's bobsleigh coach Sandra Kiriasis quits". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 February 2018.