Wayne Native, Olympian Prepares Return To Winter Games With Jamaican Bobsled Team

WAYNE, NJ — Wayne and the island nation of Jamaica aren't exactly in each other's backyards. But when Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian steps into her bobsled, both will have representation at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Fenlator-Victorian is readying for her third winter games, four years after making history with Jamaica's first women's Olympic bobsled team. She already made Jamaican sports history again. For the first time, the nation qualified for three Olympic bobsled events — the women's monobob, where Fenlator-Victorian will compete, and the four-person and two-person men's squads.

The athlete grew up in Wayne and graduated from Wayne Valley High School. Fenlator-Victorian attended Rider University and competed in track and field. After graduating in 2007, her coach suggested she try a bobsled camp.

After spending a few years as a brakeman, Fenlator-Victorian switched to the driver's seat. By her third season, Fenlator-Victorian earned two World Cup medals — silver in Lake Placid, New York, and bronze in Austria.

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She was named one of three pilots for the U.S. Olympic team for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Then Fenlator-Victorian switched teams in 2016 to represent Jamaica — her father's native country.

Fenlator-Victorian will compete in an entirely new Olympic event: the women's monobob, an individual bobsled.

The Winter Olympics will run from Friday to Feb. 20. Bobsledding competitions will start Feb. 10. Find schedules here.

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