Madagascar at the 2018 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:MAD
Nocname:Comité Olympique Malgache
Games:Winter Olympics
Year:2018
Flagcaption:Flag of Madagascar
Location:Pyeongchang, South Korea
Date:9–25 February 2018
Competitors:1
Sports:1
Flagbearer:Mialitiana Clerc[1]
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:2006

Madagascar competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with one competitor. The country returned to the Winter Olympics after last competing in 2006, which also marked its debut.

Competitors

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

width=100Sport !width=60Men !width=60Women !width=60Total
Alpine skiing01 1
Total 0 1 1

Alpine skiing

See main article: article, Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Madagascar qualified one female athlete, Mialitiana Clerc.[2] Clerc was born in Madagascar, and was adopted by a French family at the age of one. She learned to ski in France.[3] [4] Clerc became the first female Malagasy athlete to compete at the Winter Olympics.

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
align=left rowspan=2Mialitiana Clerc1:21.82551:17.18422:39.0048
1:01.24 5359.03482:00.27 47

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. Web site: Alpine Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018 . 5 December 2017 . www.data.fis-ski.com/ . International Ski Federation (FIS) . 8 December 2017.
  3. News: Jeux Olympiques de Corée : La belle histoire de Mialitiana Clerc, 20e française en ski. Korea Olympic Games: The beautiful story of Mialitiana Clerc, French 20th in skiing. French . Midi Madagasikara. Antananarivo, Madagascar. 2 June 2017 . 8 December 2017.
  4. News: Ski alpin: Mialitiana Clerc se qualifie pour les JO d'hiver. Alpine skiing: Mialitiana Clerc qualifies for the Winter Olympics. French. News Mada. Antananarivo, Madagascar. 3 August 2017. 8 December 2017. 8 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171208231527/http://www.newsmada.com/2017/08/03/ski-alpin-mialitiana-clerc-se-qualifie-pour-les-jo-dhiver/. dead.