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Jamaica's Special Olympians 2013

Saturday, February 02, 2013



Jamaica are being represented by 18 athletes in two sporting disciplines at the 2013 Special Olympics Winter Games in Gangneung, Republic of Korea. Sixteen athletes are contesting floor hockey and two are in the figure skating. Here is the delegation.

Squad

Dwight Brooks, 21, floor hockey

Omar Brown, 25, floor hockey

Rayan Farquharson, 33, floor hockey

Oshain Daley, 23, floor hockey

Andre Folkes, 28, floor hockey

Jason Grant, 24, floor hockey

Dexter Haughton, 22, floor hockey

Jermaine Henry, 25, floor hockey

Keneil Hewitt, 17, floor hockey

Andrew Hinds, 32, floor hockey

Lucan Jones, 23, floor hockey

Sydney Manyan, 30, captain floor hockey

Shawn Myers, 32, floor hockey

Craig Nelson, 33, floor hockey

Matthew Tarawali, 26, floor hockey

David Thompson, 21, floor hockey

Tamra Mitchell, 27, figure skating

Nigel Davis, 36, figure skating

Management

Glendon West — Head of delegation

Yolanda Reid — Floor hockey head coach

Valery Murphy — Floor hockey assistant coach

Michelle Romans — Floor hockey assistant coach

Jacqueline Bennett — Ice figure skating coach

Patricia Lue-Chin — Physiotherapist



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