| Noc: | IRL |
| Nocname: | Olympic Federation of Ireland |
| Games: | Winter Olympics |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Ireland |
| Date: | 4–20 February 2022 |
| Location: | Beijing, China |
| Competitors: | 6 |
| Competitors Men: | 4 |
| Competitors Women: | 2 |
| Sports: | 5 |
| Flagbearer Open: | Elsa Desmond Brendan Newby |
| Flagbearer Close: | Thomas Hjalmar Westgård |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Ireland competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.[1] [2]
On January 24, 2022, the Irish team of six athletes (four men and two women) competing in five sports was named.[3] [4] Elsa Desmond and Brendan Newby were the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.[5] All members of the team are members of the Irish diaspora, who were born or live and train elsewhere.[6] Ireland won no medals; the best finish was Jack Gower in the men's combined alpine skiing, who finished 12th. Meanwhile cross-country skier Thomas Hjalmar Westgård was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.[7]
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
| width=130 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Cross-country skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Freestyle skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Luge | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Snowboarding | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 4 | 2 | 6 |
See main article: article, Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. By meeting the basic qualification standards Ireland qualified one male and one female alpine skier.[8]
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=4 | Jack Gower | Men's combined | 1:45.16 | 14 | 52.58 | 12 | 2:37.74 | 12 |
| Men's downhill | 1:47.61 | 31 | ||||||
| Men's giant slalom | 1:08.30 | 31 | 1:12.26 | 25 | 2:20.56 | 25 | ||
| Men's super-G | ||||||||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Tess Arbez | Women's giant slalom | Did not advance | |||||
| Women's slalom | 1:07.83 | 55 | 1:06.78 | 48 | 2:14.61 | 48 | ||
| Women's super-G | 1:25.18 | 42 | ||||||
See main article: article, Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Ireland qualified three male cross-country skiers but chose to only use one quota.[9]
| Athlete | Event | Classical | Freestyle | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Thomas Hjalmar Westgård | Men's 15 km classical | 40:01.5 | +2:06.7 | 14 | |||
| Men's 30 km skiathlon | 43:03.8 | 42 | 41:51.7 | 42 | 1:25:29.8 | +9:20.0 | 43 | |
| Men's 50 km freestyle | 1:15:59.0 | +4:26.3 | 29 | |||||
See main article: article, Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Ireland qualified one male freestyle skier.[10]
See main article: article, Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Based on the results during the 2021–22 Luge World Cup season, Ireland qualified 1 sled in the women's singles.[11] [12] Elsa Desmond became the first luger to represent Ireland at the Olympics.[13]
See main article: Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification.