Cynthia Appiah, a Toronto native, is gearing up for her first Olympic appearance as a member of Team Canada at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Appiah had been competing on the World Cup circuit for three years when she was informed two weeks before the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, that she would be going as an alternate.
She was demoted, however, after Heather Moyse and Phylicia George appeared. As a result, Appiah became a bystander in what should have been a life-changing event.
She channeled her rage and, upon her return to Canada, shifted into the driver’s seat after years of being a brakewoman. A few weeks after returning from Korea, she went to Lake Placid to attend a driver’s school.
Bobsleigh: Who Is Cynthia Appiah? What Is Her Age?
Cynthia Appiah is Canada’s first Black women pilot in Bobsleigh and an Air Canada athlete ambassador. Cynthia was born on May 15, 1990, in North York, Ontario, making her 31 years of age.
She is one of four siblings and holds a BA in History with a minor in Psychology.
Cynthia Appiah was an athlete who specialized in throwing disciplines before committing to bobsleighing.
She competed in the Canadian absolute championships three times from 2010 to 2012. Although she competed in both the weight and the hammer, she never made it to the finals.
Cynthia Appiah Wikipedia Details
Although Cynthia Appiah has not been featured in an English Wikipedia, she has a page dedicated to her in the Italian Wikipedia.
Cynthia’s path to a career in sports began with a Jays Care Foundation outreach program where children from underserved Toronto neighborhoods were invited to learn to play baseball at a local park.
She was terrible at baseball and became a shotput standout and hammer throw athlete at York University. After that, she was hired to be the brakewoman for the Canadian bobsleigh team in 2014.
She debuted in the North American Cup in January 2014 and made her World Cup debut in the middle of the 2015/16 season, on January 9, 2016, in Lake Placid. She finished seventeenth in the two-man Bobsleigh.
Her first podium and her first victory came on December 3, 2016, in Whistler with driver Kaillie Humphries.
Celebrating Black athletes ?
Join us in acknowledging the success of Canadian Bobsleigh athlete Cynthia Appiah!
We look forward to cheering her on as she competes in the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing ?
Bobsleigh begins February 11th – stay tuned ? pic.twitter.com/h0j2ZjiS2g
— Gee-Gees Women’s Rugby Fan Club (@geegeeswrugfc) February 8, 2022
Who Are Cynthia Appiah Parents? Is She On Instagram?
Cynthia Appiah was born to parents Mary Appiah and James Appiah, both Ghanaian immigrants.
The athlete’s mother worked in a factory that produced auto parts, while her father became a taxi driver after working in a glass bottle factory. Her parents always preached the value of education, hoping that their children would find rewarding careers.
They did not want their children to work in a factory which was repetitive, back-breaking labor. Appiah is eternally grateful to them for all the values they instilled in her.
Cynthia readily shares her experience and journey to Beijing as part of Team Canada for the Winter Olympics on her Instagram handle @thecynapps.
Some of her posts are paid partnerships. However, most of them revolve around her life as an athlete. She currently has over 2.7K followers.