San Marino at the 2014 Winter Olympics

San Marino sent a delegation to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. This was the country's ninth appearance and the first time a woman was representing the nation at the Winter Olympics. The delegation consisted of three officials and two competitors, alpine skiers Vincenzo Michelotti and Federica Selva. Both of them took part in giant slalom races and were unranked in the competition. Michelotti was disqualified and Selva could not finish her race.

San Marino at the
2014 Winter Olympics
IOC codeSMR
NOCComitato Olimpico Nazionale Sammarinese
Websitewww.cons.sm (in Italian)
in Sochi, Russia
7 February 2014 – 23 February 2014
Competitors2 (1 man and 1 woman) in 1 sport
Flag bearer (opening)Vincenzo Michelotti
Flag bearer (closing)Federica Selva
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Officials3
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Background

San Marino debuted at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy and entered the Winter Olympics in 1976 at Innsbruck, Austria. Since then, it has participated in every Winter Olympics except the 1980 and 1998 ones held in the United States and Japan respectively, making Sochi the nation's ninth Winter Olympics appearance.[1] The Sammarinesi delegation consisted of two alpine skiers, Vincenzo Michelotti and Federica Selva accompanied by three officials.[2][3] Michelotti was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony while Selva for the closing ceremony.[4][5][6]

Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

According to the final quota allocation released on January 20, 2014, San Marino had two athletes in qualification position.[7] Federica Selva did not complete the first run of her race, thus receiving an official placement of did not finish.[8]

Vincenzo Michelotti was the youngest Olympian at these Games at 17 years and 98 days, racing in the giant slalom. His left ski fell off during his run, and he crashed. Officials disqualified him when they determined that made his run not continuous.[9][10]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Vincenzo Michelotti Men's giant slalom DSQ
Federica Selva Women's giant slalom DNF

See also

References
  1. "San Marino". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  2. "Sci: Federica Selva si qualifica per Sochi 2014" [Skiing:Federica Selva qualifies for the 2014 Sochi]. RTV Sport (in Italian). SMtv San Marino. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  3. "Il CONS approva la delegazione per Sochi 2014" [The CONS approves the delegation for the 2014 Sochi]. RTV Sport (in Italian). SMtv San Marino. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  4. "La delegazione di Sochi dai Capitani Reggenti" [The delegation of Sochi by the Captain]. San Marino Notizie (in Italian). 29 January 2014. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  5. "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). olympic.org. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  6. "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). 23 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  7. "Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.01.2014" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. FIS. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  8. Basu, Anand (18 February 2014). "Olympics-Alpine skiing-Women's giant slalom first run result". Reuters. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  9. "San Marino. Sochi 2014: Vincenzo Michelotti out nello slalom gigante" [San Marino. Sochi 2014: Vincenzo Michelotti out in the giant slalom] (in Italian). Libertas. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  10. Basu, Anand (19 February 2014). "Olympics-Alpine skiing-Men's giant slalom first run result". Reuters. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
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