| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Nelson Christian Stokes |
| Born | (1963-11-02) 2 November 1963 (age 61) Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 90 kg (200 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Jamaica |
| Sport |  Bobsleigh |
| Team | Jamaican Bobsleigh |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic finals |  |
| Highest world ranking | 14th (1994) |
Nelson Christian "Chris" Stokes has been an active member of the Jamaican Bobsleigh Team since its inception in 1988.
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. 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.
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.
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.
Olympics
Along with his brother Dudley Stokes, Chris competed in four separate winter Olympics.
- 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.
References
- "Chris Stokes". SR Olympic Sports. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ London, Bill (9 March 1988). "Stokes takes a break for Olympics". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1D.
- "Introducing Chris Stokes". Du Plain International Speakers Bureau. 2008. Archived from the original on 9 August 2010.
- Housen, Claudine (3 April 2006). "A south coast wedding to remember". Jamaica Gleaner. Archived from the original on 17 June 2012.
- Todor Krastev (5 February 2012). "Bobsleigh Fours XVI Winter Olympic Games 1994 Albertville (FRA) – 15,16.02". Todor66.com. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
6. THE JAMAICA BOBSLEIGH AND SKELETON FEDERATION (JBSF) "Legacy" jamaicabobsled.com. Retrieved 23 May 2018
External links
| Olympic Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byMerlene Ottey | Flag bearer for Jamaica Lillehammer 1994 |
Succeeded byJuliet Cuthbert |
- 1963 births
- Bobsledders at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Georgetown University alumni
- Jamaican businesspeople
- Jamaican male writers
- Living people
- Olympic bobsledders for Jamaica
- Jamaican male bobsledders
- People from Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica
- University of Idaho alumni
- Washington State University alumni
- Bronx Community College alumni
- Jamaican expatriates in the United States
- 20th-century Jamaican sportsmen