Eritrea at the 2018 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:ERI
Nocname:Eritrean National Olympic Committee
Games:Winter Olympics
Year:2018
Flagcaption:Flag of Eritrea
Location:Pyeongchang, South Korea
Date:February 4–20, 2022
Competitors:1
Sports:1
Flagbearer:Shannon-Ogbnai Abeda (opening & closing)[1]
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:2018

Eritrea competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. The country made its debut at the Winter Olympics.[2] Eritrea's team consisted of one alpine skier, Shannon-Ogbnai Abeda, who carried the country's flag during the opening ceremony.[3]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Eritrean 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. Eritrea qualified one male athlete, Canadian born skier Shannon-Ogbnai Abeda.[4] [5] Abeda also represented the country at the inaugural Winter Youth Olympics in 2012 in Innsbruck, Austria.[6]

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: Rieger. Sarah. 28 December 2017. Calgary skier headed to Winter Olympics... but not with Team Canada . CBC News. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 31 December 2017.
  3. News: Phillips. Curtis J.. 3 January 2018. McMurray-born first to represent Eritrea at Winter Olympics. Fort McMurray Today. Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 5 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180206131327/http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2018/01/03/mcmurray-born-skiier-first-to-represent-eritrea-at-winter-olympics. 6 February 2018. dead.
  4. Web site: Alpine Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018 . 20 December 2017 . www.data.fis-ski.com/ . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 21 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170728170758/https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/olympic-quotas-list.html?sectorcode=al&listid=2018 . 28 July 2017 . dead .
  5. Web site: Eritrea's first Winter Olympian is from Alberta. Clarke. Wendy-Ann. 21 December 2017. www.cbc.ca/sports/. CBC Sports. 21 December 2017.
  6. News: Shannon Abeda Vying to Represent Eritrea at the 2018 Winter Games . TesfaNews . 8 February 2014 . 30 July 2017 .