• Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian - Jamaica’s first ever female bobsledder

  • Jun 23 2021
  • Length: 28 mins
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Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian - Jamaica’s first ever female bobsledder

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  • Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian is Jamaica’s first ever female bobsledder. Growing up in the suburbs of New Jersey, Jazmine was a talented athlete in her childhood and originally competed for the USA at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.


    She switched allegiances to Jamaica in 2016, with a promise to show young Jamaicans that they could be visible in situations where, usually, they weren’t.


    Under 2% of athletes at PyeongChang in 2018 were black and, after overcoming funding struggles and threats that their sled would be taken away, Jazmine and her teammate Carrie Russell celebrated their identity on the sport’s biggest stage.


    In this episode, Jazmine candidly reflects on her remarkable journey to get there…


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