1988 Winter Olympics / Participant (US Virgin Islands)

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The US Virgin Islands participated in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada with a delegation of six athletes, four men and two women, in three sports.

It was the first participation in the Winter Olympics. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the alpine skier Jodie Lawaetz . John Foster Sr., Who started in the two-man bobsleigh, competed in 1972, 1976 and 1984 as a sailor at the Summer Olympics for the American Virgin Islands.

Participants by sport

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Men's

• John foster sr. , John Reeve

  Two-man bobsleigh: 38th place (4: 11.01 m)

• Harvey Hook , Chris Sharpless

  2-man bobsleigh;: 35th place (4: 09.09 m)

Sledding

Ladies

• Anne Abernathy

  Single-seater: 16th place (3: 09.237 s)

Alpine skiing

Ladies

• Seba Johnson

  Super G: disqualified

  Giant Slalom: 28th place (2: 49.21 m)

Web link

• Olympic Team of the US Virgin Islands 1988 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )