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Sport in Jamaica

Here are details of sports, sporting events and sports people related to Jamaica. Football (soccer) and cricket are by far the most popular sports, though Jamaicans have been very successful in track and field, particularly sprinting.


Major sports of Jamaica

Jamaican Sporting Success

  • Jamaican Bobsled Team (since 1988 Winter Olympics)
  • Sprinter Usain Bolt became the first man to win gold in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m sprints at the 2008 Olympics, and he repeated his 100m gold in London 2012.

Athletes from Jamaica

  • Usain Bolt (athletics)
  • Asafa Powell (athletics)
  • Merlene Ottey (athletics)
  • Patrick Ewing (Basketball)
  • Courtney Walsh (Test Cricketer)
  • Don Quarrie (Jamaican 200 Metre Gold Medalist)

Jamaica Sports trivia

  • Jamaica first competed at the Olympic Games in 1948.
  • Jamaica compete in world cricket as part of the West Indies.
  • The national soccer team is called the 'Reggae Boyz'.
  • The Jamaican Netball are called the Sunshine girls.
  • Asafa Powell has the most finishes under 10s in the 100m.  

Jamaica at major events

Past sporting events hosted in Jamaica

Upcoming sporting events in Jamaica

Annual sporting events held in Jamaica

Sporting Facilities in Jamaica

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