Argentina competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. A team of seven athletes in two sports competed for the country.[1][4] Cristian Javier Simari Birkner, an alpine skier, was the flagbearer for the second consecutive games. It also marks the third consecutive games a member of the Simari Birkner family has carried the flag for Argentina.[1]
| Argentina at the 2014 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | ARG |
| NOC | Argentine Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Sochi | |
| Competitors | 7 in 2 sports |
| Flag bearers | Cristian Javier Simari Birkner (opening)[1][2] Sebastiano Gastaldi (closing)[3] |
| Medals |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
The 2014 Winter Olympics marked the first time that Argentinean athletes competed in Russia as Argentina and 63 other western nations participated at the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the Soviet-Afghan war.
Competitors
edit| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Cross-country skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Alpine skiing
editAccording to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Argentina had six athletes in qualification position.[5] The non-selection of three-time Olympian María Belén Simari Birkner led to her brother Cristian, who made the team, to lead a petition to have her as a part of the team. They claimed the selection of athletes made no sense and was purely subjective.[6] The appeal was ultimately unsuccessful.[7]
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Sebastiano Gastaldi | Men's giant slalom | DNF | |||||
| Men's slalom | 53.24 | 46 | DNF | ||||
| Jorge Birkner Ketelhohn | Men's combined | 2:01.05 | 46 | DNF | |||
| Men's giant slalom | DNF | ||||||
| Men's slalom | DNF | ||||||
| Men's super-G | — | 1:23.89 | 50 | ||||
| Cristian Simari Birkner | Men's combined | 1:59.63 | 43 | 56.46 | 27 | 2:56.09 | 29 |
| Men's downhill | — | DNS | |||||
| Men's giant slalom | 1:26.02 | 40 | 1:27.89 | 40 | 2:53.91 | 40 | |
| Men's slalom | DNF | ||||||
| Men's super-G | — | 1:23.36 | 48 | ||||
| Salomé Báncora | Women's giant slalom | 1:25.88 | 50 | 1:26.16 | 47 | 2:52.04 | 47 |
| Women's slalom | 59.26 | =31 | 56.26 | 26 | 1:55.52 | 25 | |
| Julietta Quiroga | Women's giant slalom | DNF | |||||
| Women's slalom | DNF | ||||||
| Macarena Simari Birkner | Women's combined | 1:48.87 | 31 | 55.06 | 18 | 2:43.93 | 20 |
| Women's downhill | — | 1:46.44 | 32 | ||||
| Women's giant slalom | 1:24.74 | 44 | 1:23.11 | 37 | 2:47.85 | 39 | |
| Women's slalom | 59.82 | 36 | 56.69 | 29 | 1:56.51 | 27 | |
| Women's super-G | — | 1:31.10 | 26 | ||||
Cross-country skiing
editAccording to the quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Argentina had one athlete in qualification position.[5]
- Distance
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
| Federico Cichero | Men's 15 km classical | 49:11.3 | +10:41.6 | 83 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Goldzycher, Hernán (22 January 2014). "Cristian Simari Birkner será el abanderado nacional, en su cuarta presencia consecutiva" [Cristian Simari Birkner is the national standard-bearer in his fourth consecutive appearance]. Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ^ "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). www.olympic.org. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). 23 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ "Who are the Caribbean, Latin America Athletes Competing at Sochi?". News Americas Now. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.01.2014" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. FIS. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ "La delegación argentina envuelta en un conflicto" [The Argentina delegation involved in a conflict]. Los Andes (in Spanish). 27 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ^ "Argentine skier loses Olympic selection appeal". Greenwich Time. Sochi, Russia. 13 February 2014. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
External links
edit- "Argentina at the 2014 Winter Olympics (Sochi2014.com)". Archived from the original on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
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