Tim Casey is a reporter who covers basketball and sports business. For more than two years, Benjamin Alexander pursued a dream of becoming the first person to represent Jamaica in alpine skiing at ...

Benjamin Alexander in 2021. Noah Wallace To understand why fear might be an issue in ski racing, Gray uses this analogy: you’re basically going the same speed as driving down a highway.

Alexander, a 38-year-old former DJ, had been asked what he wanted to achieve in Sunday's men's giant slalom, in which he became the Caribbean island's first alpine skier at a Winter Olympics.

Benjamin Alexander was 32 when he received his first ski lesson in Whistler, B.C., in 2016. After a decade traveling the world as a disc jockey, which included a residency at the Burning Man ...

A former DJ wants to be the first Jamaican to compete in Alpine skiing at the Olympics. Benjamin Alexander, a 37-year-old with a British mom and a Jamaican dad, spent the last two winters racing on ...

Benjamin Alexander, 38, is only the 15th athlete to represent Jamaica in the Winter Olympics Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for PEOPLE. He started at PEOPLE's Los ...

Alexander will become only the 15th athlete ever to compete for Jamaica at a winter Olympics. The first were the bobsleigh team of 1988 who qualified, crashed out of competition, finished in last ...

In 2015, Benjamin Alexander had never skied - but now he's set to become Jamaica's first Alpine skier at the Winter Olympics.

Alexander, a 38-year-old former DJ, had been asked what he wanted to achieve in Sunday's men's giant slalom, in which he became the Caribbean island's first alpine skier at a Winter Olympics.