Chris Stokes (bobsledder)
Jamaican bobsledder
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Nelson Christian "Chris" Stokes (born 2 November 1963) is a Jamaican bobsledder. He has been an active member of the Jamaican Bobsleigh Team since its inception in 1988.[2]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Nelson Christian Stokes |
| Born | 2 November 1963 |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 90 kg (200 lb)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Jamaica |
| Sport |  Bobsleigh |
| Team | Jamaican Bobsleigh |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic finals |  |
| Highest world ranking | 14th (1994) |
Stokes was a successful track and field athlete, and after his associate degree from Bronx Community College, he was awarded an athletic scholarship to the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho.[2] After finishing a bachelor's degree in finance (cum laude) at the U of I, he went on to earn an MBA from nearby Washington State University in Pullman and a masters in Banking (with honors) from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.[3]
While in graduate school at WSU, he tried out for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and ended up in the Winter Olympics at Calgary.[2]
His day job is as Vice President of Business Development at the Victoria Mutual Building Society. Stokes married Kayon Elizabeth Smith on 18 March 2006.[4]
Olympics
Along with his brother Dudley Stokes, Chris competed in four separate winter Olympics.[5]
- 1988 – Competed in the Four-man event
- 1992 – 36th place in the Two-man event
- 1992 – 25th place in the Four-man event
- 1994 – 14th place in the Four-man event
- 1998 – 21st place in the Four-man event
In addition to his Olympic competition, Chris Stokes has been president of the Jamaica Bobsleigh Federation since 1995. He wrote Cool Runnings and Beyond – The Story of the Jamaica Bobsleigh Team (ISBN 1-58982-082-7) about his team's Olympic competition.
