Jamaica at the 2022 Winter Olympics

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Jamaica at the
2022 Winter Olympics
Flag of Jamaica.svg
Flag of Jamaica
IOC code JAM
NOC Jamaica Olympic Association
Website www.joa.org.jm
in Beijing, China
4–20 February 2022
Competitors7 (6 men and 1 woman) in 2 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Benjamin Alexander
Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian
Flag bearer (closing) Rolando Reid
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Jamaica competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. [1] [2]

Contents

Jamaica's team consisted of seven athletes (six men and one woman) competing in two sports. [3] Benjamin Alexander and Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian were the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony. [4] Meanwhile bobsledder Ronaldo Reid was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony. [5]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing 101
Bobsleigh 415
Total516

Alpine skiing

Benjamin Alexander has met the basic qualification standards meaning that Jamaica has qualified one male alpine skier. [6] [7]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Benjamin Alexander Men's giant slalom 1:37.94541:40.58463:18.5246

Bobsleigh

Jamaica qualified three sleds (two-man, four-man and the women's monobob). [8] [9] [10] [11] By qualifying three sleds, Jamaica also earned five athlete quota spots (five men and one woman). [12] [13] This will mark the first time Jamaica has qualified in three events in bobsled. Jamaica's four-man bobsled qualified for their first games since Nagano 1998. [14] [15]

AthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Shanwayne Stephens*
Nimroy Turgott 		Two-man 1:01.23301:01.35281:01.5430did not advance3:04.1230
Shanwayne Stephens*
Ashley Watson
Rolando Reid
Matthew Wekpe 		Four-man 1:00.80281:01.39281:01.2328did not advance3:03.4228
Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian Women's monobob 1:06.63191:07.38191:06.92191:07.63204:28.5619

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

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References

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  2. ↑ "Which countries are competing in the Winter Olympics 2022? Full list". The Independent . London, United Kingdom. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  3. ↑ Butterfield, Michelle (19 January 2022). "Jamaica's 4-man bobsled team makes Olympics for 1st time in over 20 years". Global News . Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Beijing-2022 Opening Ceremony Flag-Bearers". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Beijing-2022 Closing Ceremony Flag-Bearers" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "ALPINE SKIING QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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