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Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands () is a self-governing British Overseas Territory—the largest by population in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located to the ...
sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics
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, closing = February 28, 2010
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in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, held between 12–28 February 2010. The territory made its debut at the Winter Olympics, sending one athlete, alpine skier Dow Travers
Dow Travers (born July 8, 1987) is a Caymanian alpine skier, rugby union player and entrepreneur, who competes in giant slalom and Rugby XVs and 7s. He represented the Cayman Islands in alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics, becoming the Cay ...
. Travers entered the men's giant slalom and finished in 69th place.
Background
The Cayman Islands first entered Olympic competition in 1976 at theMontreal Olympics
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...
. They have participated in every Summer Olympics
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since, except the boycotted 1980 Moscow Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
. The territory has never won a medal in Olympic competition. The Cayman Islands made their Winter Olympic Games debut in Vancouver. The Caymanian delegation consisted of a single competitor, alpine skier Dow Travers
Dow Travers (born July 8, 1987) is a Caymanian alpine skier, rugby union player and entrepreneur, who competes in giant slalom and Rugby XVs and 7s. He represented the Cayman Islands in alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics, becoming the Cay ...
. Travers was chosen as the flag bearer for both the opening ceremony
An opening ceremony, grand opening, or ribbon-cutting ceremony marks the official opening of a newly-constructed location or the start of an event.
and the closing ceremony.
Alpine Skiing
Dow Travers secured qualification to the Vancouver Olympics at a skiing competition in Chile. He said upon qualifying, "I am feeling very Olympic today." Travers was 22 years old at the time of the Games. The only event he was entered into was the men's giant slalom, which took place on 23 February. He posted run times of 1 minute 29 seconds and 1 minute 33 seconds, for a combined total time of 3 minutes and 2 seconds. This put him in 69th place out of 81 competitors who finished both runs, and the gold medal time was a combined 2 minutes and 37 seconds.See also
*Cayman Islands at the Olympics
The Cayman Islands first competed at the Olympic Games in 1976, and has participated in each Summer Games since then, missing only the 1980 Summer Olympics by participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. The Cayman Islan ...
References
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