Wayne Olympian Opens Up About Bobsledding, Making History In Winter Games

BEIJING — Team Jamaica's Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian didn't come away with the result she wanted, but the Wayne native knows she made history at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Fenlator-Victorian competed as a bobsledder in her third Olympic games, which NBC Sports says will be her last. Watch her final runs of the games here.

The Wayne Valley High School alumna began the Beijing games carrying Jamaica's flag in the Opening Ceremony. She competed in the women's monobob — an individual bobsled race that debuted in the 2022 games.

Fenlator-Victorian placed 19th, but she came away with plenty to feel proud of.

"The competitor in me of course knows my true ability of performance and has some disappointments but the human in me also knows that I won the biggest victory of them all and I don’t need a medal to prove it," she wrote Tuesday on Instagram. "I am and always will be ENOUGH."

Fenlator-Victorian competed in track and field at Rider University, specializing in the shot put, discus and hammer. Upon 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 as a pilot, Fenlator-Victorian earned two World Cup medals — silver in Lake Placid, New York, and bronze in Austria.

Fenlator-Victorian made her Olympic debut in 2014 as one of three Team USA pilots. Two years later, she opted to compete for her father's native country of Jamaica.

She made history in the 2018 winter games, becoming part of Jamaica's first women's Olympic bobsled team.

Read Fenlator-Victorian's full message from Instagram below:

"Honestly I’m still processing it all!

Right now I don’t have the words to really express all that I have experienced in these last weeks (shoot the Olympic quad) and I’m trying to come to terms with what I want to share about it all with you, no filter, just raw, honest and transparent.

It’s a bit difficult as I still navigate and have a fear that when I breakdown I may not be able to put the pieces together where I am functional again yet I also know at the same time I am forever changed and there is no escaping that.

What I can do is say this… THANK YOU from the absolute bottom of my heart 💚🙌🏾

Competing in @beijing2022 has been wild in more ways than one. I honestly didn’t believe I could be here and I made it and competed with every ounce in me to the best of my ability despite circumstances.

The competitor in me of course knows my true ability of performance and has some disappointments but the human in me also knows that I won the biggest victory of them all and I don’t need a medal to prove it.

I am and always will be ENOUGH 💪🏾

For now I’m filled with gratitude for every individual that has coached me, mentored me, treated me, cared for me, messaged, shared, contributed, provided, smiled, and more. My heart is exploding and I want you all to know I truly appreciate it all over the last 3 Olympics!

Can you believe ya girl is a 3x Olympian for two countries and has made history!?!?

One love 🖤💚💛"

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