On This Day In Jamaican History: First Jamaican Men’s Bobsled Team

Jamaican bobsled team

On February 27, 1988, the first Jamaican men’s bobsled team made its first competitive run at the Calgary Winter Olympic Games. The idea for a Jamaican bobsled team had its origins with George B. Fitch, a businessman who served as the commercial attaché for the American embassy in Kingston from 1985 to 1986, and William […]