Jamaica's first Olympic alpine skier only learned how to ski 6 years ago

You’ve heard of the bobsled team, but what about the Jamaican alpine skier?

Meet Benjamin Alexander.

While Alexander didn’t go from picking up a sport to making the Olympics in a matter of months like the famous bobsledders from the 1988 Calgary Games, his story isn’t all that far off. Alexander first clipped on some skis an astonishing six years ago, and on Sunday he’ll race in the giant slalom event to become Jamaica’s inaugural alpine skier at an Olympics.

The best part? He’s 38 years old. It’s never too late to dream, kids.

His journey to Beijing began on Canadian soil in 2015. He was invited to a heli-ski lodge in British Columbia, but didn’t know how to ski – making him determined to learn the next time the opportunity came around.

A year later, Alexander hit the slopes for the first time through a ski lesson at Whistler. No wonder he’s hooked.

"After the lesson, I decided to go out by myself and see what I could do," he told BuzzFeed. "That first time, I fell 27 times on the way down the hill. I think a lot of people would have given up at that point."

That’s pure perseverance, but the fact he was falling into that soft and fluffy west coast “pow” on one of the greatest hills on earth must have softened the blow.

Nevertheless, Alexander kept at it with a goal to fall fewer times than the previous run each time he took to a hill, and by 2018 he was ready to compete.

After spectating at the Pyeongchang Winter Games, Alexander, who was born in Great Britain to a Jamaican father, was shocked to see Jamaica only had three Olympians considering how much the country dominates in the summer (one word… snow). So then he went on a mission – first moving to B.C., then to Wyoming – to make the Winter Games.

Now he’s the 15th Jamaican Winter Olympian ever.

Beyond succeeding on the slopes, Alexander hopes his legacy as a trailblazer for the country is long-lasting.

"I hope that in 30 years from now, we'll look back and be like, 'Yeah, that guy started it, and Jamaica has had great alpine skiers ever since.' So that's what I want it to be about," he said.

"After the Olympics, my aim is to become the president of the Jamaican Ski Federation and to really start to build a camp. … I hope to be at many more Olympics to come, but it won't be in a race suit, it'll be in a business suit. So I'm excited to begin that legacy."

Maybe they’ll make a movie about him someday.

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