Azerbaijan at the 2018 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:AZE
Year:2018
Games:Winter Olympics
Games Link:2018 Winter Olympics
Flagcaption:Flag of Azerbaijan
Alt:Refer to caption
Nocname:National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic
Location:Pyeongchang, South Korea
Date:9–25 February 2018
Competitors:1
Competitors Men:1
Sports:1
Flagbearer:Patrick Brachner[1]
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
See also:auto

Azerbaijan competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. The Azerbaijani team consisted of one male athlete competing in alpine skiing.[2]

On January 22, 2018, alpine skier Patrick Brachner was named as the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.[2]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Azerbaijani delegation per sport.

width=100Sport !width=60Men !width=60Women !width=60Total
Alpine skiing10 1
Total 10 1

Alpine skiing

See main article: article, Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Azerbaijan has qualified one male alpine skier, Austrian born skier Patrick Brachner.[3] [4] Brachner also represented the country four years prior at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018. 9 February 2018. olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 10 February 2018.
  2. News: Azerbaijan’s flag-bearer in Winter Olympics named. Report Information Agency. Baku, Azerbaijan. 22 January 2018. 22 January 2018.
  3. Web site: Alpine Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018 . 30 June 2017 . www.data.fis-ski.com/ . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 30 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180209194511/https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/olympic-quotas-list.html?sectorcode=al&listid=2018 . 9 February 2018 . dead .
  4. News: Patrick Brachner to represent Azerbaijan in 2018 Winter Olympics. . Baku, Azerbaijan. 11 December 2017. 12 December 2017.
  5. News: Mammadli. Nargiz. 16 December 2017. 2 Countries To Represent Caspian In 2018 Winter Olympics. Caspian News. Baku, Azerbaijan . 16 December 2017.