Athlete

 chris stokes athlete chris stokes athlete 1Chris is among a handful of athletes to have won medals in each class at the Jamaican high school championships, the largest and most competitive school based athletic competition in the world. He won a Silver medal in the 4x100m in Class III, a Bronze medal in the 100m in Class II, and a Gold medal in the 100m for Class I boys.

He attended the University of Idaho on a Track and Field scholarship where he won athlete of the week and student athlete awards.

Chris is a 4-Time Winter Olympian as part of the world famous Jamaica Bobsleigh Team on which the Movie Cool Runnings was based, and is author of the book ‘Cool Runnings and Beyond – the Story of the Jamaican Bobsleigh Team’ a real life account of the team’s exploits.

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