Ashley WATSON

Jamaica
Bobsleigh
28 Oct 1993
28
Male
 
Great Britain
PETERBOROUGH
 
Great Britain

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
BOB Bobsleigh 4-man
JAM
Jamaica
 28

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
Yanqing National Sliding Centre
4-man Official Training Heat 1
Finished
After Heat 1 		Yanqing National Sliding Centre
4-man Official Training Heat 2
Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre
4-man Official Training Heat 3
Finished
After Heat 3 		Yanqing National Sliding Centre
4-man Official Training Heat 4
Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre
4-man Official Training Heat 5
Finished
After Heat 5 		Yanqing National Sliding Centre
4-man Official Training Heat 6
Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre
4-man Heat 1
Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre
4-man Heat 2
Finished
Yanqing National Sliding Centre
4-man Heat 3
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Athlete, Sports therapist, Student, Coach

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Received a Bachelor's degree in Sports Therapy from the University of Bedfordshire (GBR) and is pursuing a Master's degree in Physiotherapy from Sheffield Hallam University (GBR).

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English

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National: Wayne Thomas (JAM)

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Crew

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Football: Played for Norwich City FC Academy.

Athletics: Three-time county sprint champion in Cambridgeshire. In 2010, he won a bronze medal in the 4x100m relay at the English Schools Athletics Championships.

Powerlifting: Placed third nationally in bench press (165 kilograms) in his first year in the sport after taking a break from bobsleigh in 2017.

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2015 World Cup in Altenberg (Four-man - 17th), representing GBR
2021 North American Cup in Whistler (Two man - 7th), representing JAM

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Took up the sport in 2013 with the British bobsleigh team after seeing a former sprint rival try out. In 2021, he started training with pilot Shanwayne Stephens, who is also based in Peterborough in Great Britain, and Stephens invited him to join the Jamaican team. (Bob Team Shan YouTube, 9 Nov 2021; peterboroughtoday.co.uk, 23 Oct 2021; peterboroughtoday.co.uk, 28 Jan 2021)

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To qualify for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (Instagram)

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Placing seventh in the four-man at the 2016 Junior World Championships with Team GB and pilot Olly Biddulph. (peterboroughtoday.co.uk, 28 Jan 2021)

General Interest

FROM GREAT BRITAIN TO JAMAICA
Began his bobsleigh career by representing his birth country, Great Britain. After the British bobsleigh team lost its funding in 2017, he took a break from the sport to focus on his education as a sports therapist, taking up powerlifting to satisfy his inner athlete. In 2021, he began training with the pilot of the Jamaican team Shanwayne Stephens, paving the way for him to join the team for the 2021/22 season.

“I am British born, although my father was born and raised in St. James, Jamaica. Growing up I fell in love with the country when I visited it at an early age. I instantly felt a strong connection and have decided to embark on this journey to give back to Jamaica what it has given to me, and as a tribute to my late grandparents who were born and lived in Jamaica." (peterboroughtoday.co.uk, 23 Oct 2021)

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