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The Honourable Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn ODMP
Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security
Incumbent
Assumed office September 2025
Minister	Horace Chang
Constituency	St Andrew East Rural
Member of Parliament forSt Andrew West Rural
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 February 2020 (2020-02-25)
Prime Minister	Andrew Holness
Preceded by	Paul Buchanan
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness
In office 14 September 2020 (2020-09-14) – May 2023 (2023-05)
Prime Minister	Andrew Holness
Minister	Christopher Tufton
Personal details
Born	Juliet Samantha Cuthbert (1964-04-09)9 April 1964 (age 61) Saint Thomas, Jamaica
Party	Jamaica Labour Party
Alma mater	University of Texas at Austin,Olney High School,Morant Bay High School
Sports career
Country	Jamaica
Sport	Track and field
Medal record Women'sathletics Representing Jamaica Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona 100 m 1992 Barcelona 200 m 1996 Atlanta 4 × 100 m relay World Championships 1991 Tokyo 4 × 100 meter relay 1995 Gothenburg 4 × 100 m relay 1997 Athens 4 × 100 m relay 1983 Helsinki 4 × 100 m relay World Indoor Championships 1997 Paris 200 m

Juliet Samantha Cuthbert-Flynn, néeCuthbert, (born 9 April 1964) is aJamaican politician and retired track and fieldsprinter who competed in the100 metres and200 metres. As an athlete, Cuthbert-Flynn competed at fourOlympic Games, winning twosilver medals at the1992 games held in Barcelona.^[1]

As a politician, she has been theJamaica Labour Party's candidate and Member of Parliament for the St. Andrew West Rural constituency, defeating the People's National Party candidate Hugh Buchanan in Jamaica's general elections held February 25, 2016. She went on to defeat the People's National Party Krystal Tomlinson to win a second term asMember of Parliament for theSt. Andrew West Rural constituency, in the September 3, 2020 General Election. She was appointed State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness following her reelection when Prime MinisterAndrew Holness selected his new slate of Cabinet Ministers.

Cuthbert attendedMorant Bay High School and laterOlney High School inPhiladelphia and theUniversity of Texas inAustin, Texas.

While atTexas, she won the Broderick Award (later referred to as the Honda-Broderick Award and now theHonda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate track and field competitor in 1986.^[2][3]

Cuthbert competed for her native country of Jamaica in the1992 Summer Olympics held inBarcelona, Spain, in both the100 meter sprint and the200 meter sprint, winning the silver medals in both competitions. After running a good second leg in the 4 × 100 meter sprint relay final, Cuthbert injured a muscle in her leg before she competed in the second chance and dropped out of the race. This was a disappointing finish to theSummer Olympic Games for her and the other women of the Jamaican relay team. In 1992, Cuthbert was voted Jamaican "Sportswoman of the Year".

Four years later, at theAtlanta Olympic Games of 1996, Cuthbert helped the Jamaican 4 × 100 meter sprint relay team along withMichelle Freeman,Nikole Mitchell, andMerlene Ottey finish in third place and win the bronze medal.

With the Jamaican sprint relay team, Cuthbert also won a gold medal (1991) and two silver medals (1995,1997) atWorld Championships in Athletics (actually,track and field).

In 2014, Cuthbert-Flynn entered politics when the Jamaica Labour Party introduced Cuthbert-Flynn to the media at theJamaica Labour Party's 71st anniversary celebration press conference and re-launch of the party’s website at its Belmont Road Headquarters in St. Andrew. It was later announced that she would become the party's standard-bearer in the St. Andrew West Rural constituency. She was appointed by then Opposition LeaderAndrew Holness as Junior Opposition Spokesperson for Health and Healthy Living.

On February 25,2016 General Election, she went on to defeat thePeople's National Party's incumbent Paul Buchanan, becoming the first Olympian elected to Jamaica's Parliament. Throughout her time as a legislator, she has pushed for the legalisation of abortion in Jamaica^[4] and has been a strong advocate for the women in the population. She was re-elected for a second term to continue representing theSt. Andrew West Rural constituency in theSeptember 3, 2020 General Elections. Cuthbert-Flynn defeated the People's National Party Krystal Tomlinson, widening her victory margin from her 2016 election win. Cuthbert-Flynn was appointed State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness on September 12, 2020,^[5] to serve alongside DrChristopher Tufton who is the portfolio minister. As State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Cuthbert-Flynn is primarily responsible for Maternal Health, HIV Prevention and the reduction of Drug Abuse.^[6]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Jamaica
1978	CARIFTA Games (U-17)	Nassau, Bahamas	3rd	100 m	12.38   (-0.1 m/s)
1980		Hamilton, Bermuda	1st		12.0
			2nd	200 m	25.58
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)	Nassau, Bahamas		100 m	12.0
			4th	200 m	25.3

• Juliet Cuthbert atWorld Athletics
• Juliet Cuthbert atOlympics.com
• Juliet Cuthbert atOlympedia
• Juliet Cuthbert at InterSportStats
• Cuthbert-Flynn Office of the Prime Minister of Jamaica

Olympic Games
Preceded by Chris Stokes	Flag bearer for Jamaica Atlanta 1996	Succeeded by Ricky McIntosh

• 1964 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica
• Jamaican women sprinters
• Olympic athletes for Jamaica
• Olympic silver medalists for Jamaica
• Olympic bronze medalists for Jamaica
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica
• World Athletics Championships medalists
• Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Olympic silver medalists in athletics
• Olympic bronze medalists in athletics
• Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
• 21st-century Jamaican women politicians
• World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
• World Athletics Championships winners
• Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games
• Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
• Olympic women sprinters
• Members of the House of Representatives of Jamaica
• Members of the 13th Parliament of Jamaica
• Members of the 14th Parliament of Jamaica
• Members of the 15th Parliament of Jamaica
• Women government ministers of Jamaica
• Ministers of health of Jamaica
• Jamaican Athletics Championships winners
• Texas Longhorns women's track and field athletes
• NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners

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