Cayman’s first ever Winter Olympian, Dow Travers, is the son of Cayman Islands Stock Exchange Chairman, Anthony Travers. Whilst his father navigates our financial services industry through the recession, white lists and attacks on our reputation, Dow will navigate the white powdery slopes in Vancouver for all of Cayman.
Dow was born in Grand Cayman, but went to boarding school in the UK as a teenager. His love for skiing began on his annual family vacations to Colorado and he’s not the only one, his two younger brothers Dillion and Dean are also avid skiers.
Being from a tiny, tropical, and very flat island, he certainly didn’t practice his skills here! Dow, who is studying at Brown University in the US, took a year off from to train at the Aspen Ski Club in Colorado, but returned to school in September 09 after qualifying for the Olympics in Chile last Summer.
The international media love this “tropical island boy turned Olympic skier” story and we all here are reminded of our close neighbour Jamaica and their bobsled team and the subsequent Disney movie – “Cool Runnings”. Dow himself clearly understands the similarities in this amazing feat saying after his race in Chile “I’m feeling very Olympic today” quoting Sanka Coffie, ‘the best pushcart driver in all of Jamaica’. We will all be cheering on Dow in his race in the Giant Slalom which takes place on Tuesday February 23rd.
Peace be the Journey, Dow.