Virgin Islands at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Not to be confused with British Virgin Islands at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
| Virgin Islands at the 2014 Winter Olympics | |||||||||
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| IOC code | ISV | ||||||||
| NOC | Virgin Islands Olympic Committee | ||||||||
| Website |
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| in Sochi | |||||||||
| Competitors | 1 in 1 sport | ||||||||
| Flag bearer |
Jasmine Campbell (opening[1] and closing)[2] | ||||||||
| Medals |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
The United States Virgin Islands competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics held in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. The team consisted of one athlete in alpine skiing. This marked the return of the Virgin Islands to the Winter Olympics after missing the last two editions.[3]
Competitors
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Alpine skiing
The Virgin Islands managed to qualify one female alpine skier for the 2014 Winter Olympics.[4][5] Jasmine Campbell finished the women's giant slalom race in 56th position (out of 67 athletes who completed the race).[6] She also finished the slalom race in 43rd position out of 49 athletes who completed the race.[7]
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Jasmine Campbell[5][8] | Women's giant slalom | 1:32.05 | 62 | 1:33.00 | 57 | 3:05.05 | 56 |
| Women's slalom | 1:06.09 | 50 | 1:04.28 | 43 | 2:10.37 | 43 | |
References
- ↑ "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony – Flagbearers" (PDF). http://www.olympic.org/. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony – Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). February 23, 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ↑ "Jasmine Cambpell Nominated to Represent the U.S. Virgin Islands at 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games". http://www.virginislandsolympics.org/. Virgin Islands Olympic Committee. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "Summary of Quota allocation as per 20 January 2014" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. FIS. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
- 1 2 Banse, Tom (17 January 2014). "How Tropical Countries Get To The Winter Olympics". http://hereandnow.wbur.org/. Retrieved 17 January 2014. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "Campbell Skis for Territory, Finishes 56th in Giant Slalom". St. Croix Source. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ↑ Baur, John (22 February 2014). "Campbell Cracks Top 50 in Olympic Slalom". St. Johns Source. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ↑ Codes, Jeff (7 February 2014). "Jasmine Campbell takes high hopes to Sochi". Idaho Mountain Express. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
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