The lone member of Kenya's Olympic team is a 19-year-old skier who used crowdfunding to help her train

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February 7, 2018 8:26 PM

Sabrina Wanjiku Simader will be the lone Kenyan at the Winter Olympics.

Sabrina Wanjiku Simader will be the lone Kenyan at the Winter Olympics.
Simader qualified for alpine skiing at the 2017 World Championships, but needed some help to get there.
Simader launched a crowdfunding campaign to cover travel, equipment, and training costs and appeared to meet her goal.

When the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang open on Thursday, Sabrina

"EUR 2,000 - for travel expenses to Korea for my mom Sarah
"EUR 2,400 - for excess baggage and various travel expenses to PyeongChang
"EUR 2,200 - for food and subsistence costs of my team in Korea
"EUR 1,400 - for hire of training equipment (radios, snow drills, etc.) during the Olympics
"EUR 3,111 - for travel expenses to more distant races. Because despite my great sponsors and outfitters, I can only afford traveling to races that can be reached with the team bus. For air travel to distant races such as Scandinavia, USA or Japan, the money is not enough."

#emo##emo#WOW WOW WOW#emo# ... @ sabrinasimader98

Simder said she was happy the Nigerian women's bobsled team also made the Olympics. Additionally, she'll be accompanied by Philip Boit, who competed in cross-country skiing in the 1998 Olympics and was the first Kenyan to ever make the Winter Olympics."

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