Jamaica at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Jamaica at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Flag of Jamaica
IOC code	JAM
NOC	Jamaica Olympic Association
Website	www.joa.org.jm
in Pyeongchang, South Korea February 9–25, 2018
Competitors	3 in 2 sports
Flag bearer	Audra Segree (opening)[1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Jamaica competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with three competitors in two sports.

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

Main articles: Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

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
		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	18

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Skeleton

Main articles: Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

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

See also

• Jamaica at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
• Jamaica at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

References

1. "Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
2. "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
3. Iszatt, Alex (17 January 2018). "Jamaica women enter Olympic bobsleigh - 30 years after the men". The Daily Telegraph. London, England. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
4. Thompson, Anna (14 February 2018). "Winter Olympics: Jamaica's women's bobsleigh coach Sandra Kiriasis quits". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 February 2018.