American Samoa at the 2022 Winter Olympics explained
| Noc: | ASA |
| Nocname: | American Samoa National Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Winter Olympics |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Date: | 4–20 February 2022 |
| Location: | Beijing, China |
| Competitors: | 1 |
| Competitors Men: | 1 |
| Sports: | 1 |
| Flagbearer Open: | Nathan Crumpton |
| Flagbearer Close: | Nathan Crumpton |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
American Samoa competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.[1] The last time it competed at the Winter Olympics was in 1994, which also marked its debut.[2] [3]
Nathan Crumpton, who had also competed in the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics the year before, was the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony. This meant he had acted as flagbearer at two consecutive ceremonies spanning the Summer and Winter Olympics, having also carried the American Samoan flag at the 2020 closing ceremony.[4] [5] [6] [7] Crumpton was also the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.[8]
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors who participated at the Games per sport/discipline.
| width=130 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
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| Skeleton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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Skeleton
See main article: Skeleton at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Skeleton at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Based on his placement in the IBSF ranking list Nathan Crumpton qualified to compete for American Samoa.[9]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: NOCs List Beijing 2022. www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee. 26 January 2022. 27 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220127022631/https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/listed-nocs.htm. dead.
- Web site: American Samoa NOC commends first Winter Olympic athlete since 1994. Burke. Patrick. 23 January 2022. www.insidethegames.biz/. Dunsar Media Ltd.. 23 January 2022.
- News: 4 February 2022. Which countries are competing in the Winter Olympics 2022? Full list. https://web.archive.org/web/20220201154430/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/countries-participating-winter-olympics-2022-b2005167.html . 2022-02-01 . limited . live. The Independent. London, United Kingdom. 16 February 2022.
- News: Hassan and Warner among Tokyo 2020 Closing Ceremony flag bearers . 16 February 2022 . . 8 August 2021.
- Web site: Athletics - Preliminary Round - Heat 1 Results. 2022-02-16. 2021-08-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20210804052438/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-men-s-100m-prel-000100-.htm. dead.
- Web site: Beijing-2022 Opening Ceremony Flag-Bearers. 4 February 2022. www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 4 February 2022.
- Web site: American Samoa Flag-Bearer Pays Tribute to Shirtless Tongan. Coulter. Steve. 4 February 2022. www.nbcbayarea.com/. KNTV. 5 February 2022.
- Web site: Beijing-2022 Closing Ceremony Flag-Bearers. 20 February 2022. www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 20 February 2022.
- Web site: IBSF Ranking Men´s Skeleton (2021/2022) OWG Qualification System. International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). www.ibsf.org/. 17 January 2022. 17 January 2022. 19 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220119133739/https://www.ibsf.org/images/documents/downloads/Quotas/OWG_2022/OWG_Beijing_2022_Mens_Skeleton.pdf. dead.
