Who is Mica Moore? Former Team Great Britain bobsleigher to represent Jamaica at Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics

Former Great Britain bobsleigher and track athlete Mica Moore will compete at next month’s Winter Olympics for Jamaica. The 32-year-old, who is from Newport in south Wales, has qualified for the Milan-Cortina Games in the women’s monobob event. It will be her first Olympic appearance for Jamaica after switching nationality.Moore is already an Olympic history-maker. She helped Britain achieve its best-ever result in women’s bobsleigh at the 2018 PyeongChang Games, where she finished eighth alongside Mica McNeill. Now, after receiving Jamaican citizenship in December 2024, she is set to begin a new Olympic chapter while proudly representing her family heritage.Mica Moore’s sporting journey has taken many turns. She began her career as a track sprinter and represented Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Later, she switched to bobsleigh and quickly became one of Britain’s top athletes in the sport. Her eighth-place finish at the 2018 Winter Olympics remains a landmark result for British women’s bobsleigh.In 2022, Moore left the British winter sports programme. She later said she had experienced behaviour she found damaging and offensive. After stepping away from the sport for three years, she made a strong return. In January 2025, she competed for Jamaica at the Europe Cup event in Lillehammer, marking her comeback to international ice competition.In a post on her Instagram account, Moore wrote that four years ago she had been watching others announce their Olympic selections from the sidelines. She explained that reaching the Games this time felt unreal and deeply emotional, describing it as finally securing her place on the Olympic stage. She added that representing Jamaica, the country of her heritage, is the greatest honour of her career and something she had only ever dreamed about. She said she hopes to make everyone proud.Moore also reflected on the struggles behind her journey. She described it as a powerful reminder to herself to never give up.Her connection to Jamaica comes through her grandfather, Venson Byfield. He was part of the Windrush generation and settled in Wales after coming to the UK. That family link played a key role in her decision to compete for Jamaica.Jamaica’s bobsleigh team, which got famous worldwide by the film Cool Runnings, will also have crews in the four-man and two-man events. The Winter Olympics in northern Italy will run from 6 to 22 February.