Akwasi Frimpong founded Ghana’s national Bobsled and Skeleton Federation (BSF-Ghana) in 2016.
Frimpong used to be a sprinter but an achilles injury forced him to take up another sport.
Simader, whose family moved to Austria when she was three, is the first alpine skier to represent Kenya at the Winter Olympics.
She became a competitive skier in 2013. In 2016 she represented the East African nation at the Winter Youth Olympics in Norway.
Mialitiana Clerc learnt to ski at the age of three in France. She turned 16 on November 16, 2017 making her one of the youngest athletes at the games.
Samir Azzimani previously competed in alpine skiing before switching to cross-country skiing.
Moroccan-Canadian Adam Lamhamedi made history when he became the first African to win gold at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Austria in 2012.
Seun Adigun found Nigeria’s first Bobsleigh team. She is the driver of the team.
The former track and field athlete competed in the 100m hurdles at 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Akuoma is the “brakewoman” of Nigeria’s first ever bobsleigh team.
She also works in healthcare recruitment.
Ngozi Onwumere is a track and field athlete who had previously represented Nigeria in the 2015 All African games.
Following a nine-year break from competitive sports, Simidele Adeagbo was inspired by the Nigerian Bobsleigh team and decided to become a skeleton athlete.
Adeagbo is the first Nigerian to compete in this sport at the Winter Olympics.
Connor Wilson studied to be a vet at the University of Vermont in the US.
Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean was previously a member of France’s junior cross-country ski team, before switching to represent Togo, the country where she was born.
Despite having no familial ties to Togo, Italian-born and raised, Alessia Afi Dipol chooses to represent the West African country.
The Alpine skier first competed under the Togolese flag at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Abeda grew up in Canada and wanted to be an ice hockey player, but his parents thought skiing would be a better sport for him.
He’s the first Eritrean to represent the country at the Winter Olympics.
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