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Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics
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Several tropical nations have participated in the Winter Olympics despite not having the climate for winter sports. Partly because of that, their entries are a subject of human interest stories during the Games. No tropical nation has ever won a Winter Olympic medal.
The team from Ghana during the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The team from Ghana during the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
In 2014, Michael Christian Martinez became the first Filipino, the first Southeast Asian, and the first male figure skater from a tropical country in
In 2014, Michael Christian Martinez became the first Filipino, the first Southeast Asian, and the first male figure skater from a tropical country in the Winter Olympics, as well as the first Philippine Winter Olympian in 22 years.
Philip Boit was the first Kenyan to participate in the Winter Olympics.
Philip Boit was the first Kenyan to participate in the Winter Olympics.
Lamine Guèye, the first Black African skier to take part in a Winter Olympics.
Lamine Guèye, the first Black African skier to take part in a Winter Olympics.
Jamaica national bobsleigh team
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The Jamaica national bobsleigh team represents Jamaica in international bobsleighing competitions. The men's team debut in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games four-man bobsleigh in Calgary, Alberta, was received as underdogs in a cold weather sport represented by a nation with a tropical environment. Jamaica returned to the Winter Olympics in the two-man bobsleigh in 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2014, and 2022; a women's team debuted in 2018.
Jamaica's two-man bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Jamaica's two-man bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Jamaican bobsleigh in 2009
Jamaican bobsleigh in 2009