Dow Travers

Dow Travers
Personal information
Born (1987-07-08) July 8, 1987 (age 37)
Grand Cayman
Height180 cm (71 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
CountryCayman Islands
SportAlpine skiing

Dow Travers (born July 8, 1987)[1][2] is a Caymanian alpine skier, rugby union player and entrepreneur, who competes in giant slalom and Rugby XVs and 7s.[3] He represented the Cayman Islands in alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics, becoming the Cayman Islands' first Winter Olympian,[4][5] and the 2014 Winter Olympics.[6] Travers, who is the son of Anthony Travers,[7] was born and raised in Grand Cayman,[8] where he attended Faulkner's Academy. He later went to boarding school at Harrow School in London, United Kingdom, Brown University which he represented for rugby and skiing, and Columbia Business School. Travers has younger brothers, Dillon and Dean. Dean is also a competitive skier for the Cayman Islands.[1][5] He founded Refuel in the Cayman Islands in 2017.[9]

In skiing, Dow has competed in the Winter Olympics and the World Championships for the Cayman Islands. At the Vancouver Olympics Dow placed 69th in the giant slalom.[6] At the Sochi Olympics Dow received a DNF (did not finish) result in the giant slalom and the slalom. Dow placed 65th in the slalom event at the Val d'Isere World Championships.[5]

In rugby, Dow has played for the Cayman Islands national rugby union team and currently plays on their 7s team in the North America Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) region. Dow was a member of the Cayman Islands 7s team at the Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC Games) in July 2010. Playing for Brown he has been selected for the All Ivy Rugby Team his freshman, sophomore, junior and senior years.[3][10] In 2010 he was elected co-captain of the Brown Rugby Football Club.[11] In 2011 he was selected for the New England All Stars team and Captained the Brown 7s team to an Ivy League Championship.

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  2. ^ "biographie". FIS-Ski. Archived from the original on 22 April 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  3. ^ a b Sekula, Sarah. "Dow Travers: His road to success is downhill – Story on". Caymanairwaysmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  4. ^ Your name:   Bobo. "Plum TV Interview with Dow Travers, First Caymen Islands Winter Olympian – — Plum TV". Plumtv.com. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  5. ^ a b c "Cayman Islands – Cay Compass News Online – Travers is snow joke". Caycompass.com. 23 August 2009. Archived from the original on 19 February 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  6. ^ a b Todd, Aaron (11 February 2010). "From white beaches to snowy slopes | Today at Brown". Today.brown.edu. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  7. ^ "Cayman Islands News". Caymannewsservice.com. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  8. ^ "Dow Travers – Video, News, Photos | NBC Olympics". C.nbcolympics.com. 8 July 1987. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  9. ^ Silva, Ken (7 March 2019). "Second Refuel gas station planned". Cayman Compass. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  10. ^ "2011 Men's All". 25 May 2012.
  11. ^ "Officers of Brown University Rugby Club – Providence, Rhode Island – Brown Rugby Football". Brown.edu. Retrieved 31 October 2011.