Английская Википедия:Benjamin Alexander (skier)

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Benjamin Alexander (born 8 May 1983) is a British former disc jockey and the first alpine skier to represent Jamaica in the Olympics.

Early life

Benjamin Alexander was born in Wellingborough, England to a Jamaican father, a bus driver,[1] and British mother in 1983.[2] Having won a government scholarship, he was educated at Wellingborough School, a private school in Northamptonshire.[3][4] At the age of 17, Alexander began DJing.[5] He began studying physics at Imperial College, London before transferring to University College London to study electrical engineering ,[6][4] graduating in 2006.Шаблон:Citation needed After university he worked in wealth management in Hong Kong.[4]

DJ career

In 2010, Alexander quit finance to pursue DJing professionally. He spent a decade touring in 30 different countries[7]—eventually performing at Burning Man starting in 2011.[8] By 2015, he was hosting a radio show as well as a weekly party in Ibiza, Spain while co-founding the award-winning music festival, Further Future.[9] Alexander retired from DJing in 2018 but kept his board seat with the charity Robot Heart, a well-known Burning Man camp.[10]

Skiing career

In 2016, Alexander was invited to DJ a ski trip in Whistler, British Columbia, where he had his first mountain lesson.[5] Alexander began pursuing skiing professionally at the end of 2019 after attending the 2018 Winter Olympics as a spectator.[9] He chose to represent Jamaica in international skiing as he acquired Jamaican nationality through his father.[6]

Alexander's first official race was on 9 January 2020, and he qualified for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on 13 January 2022.[11] In preparation of the 2022 games, Alexander maintained weekly mentorship calls with Dudley Stokes, the former Jamaican Olympic bobsledder, since the beginning of 2020.[2]

Alexander raced the giant slalom event on 13 February 2022, finishing in 46th place (last).[12]

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