Ireland at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Ireland at the 2022 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | IRL |
NOC | Olympic Federation of Ireland |
Website | olympics |
in Beijing, China 4–20 February 2022 | |
Competitors | 6 (4 men and 2 women) in 5 sports |
Medals |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Ireland is scheduled to compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.[1]
On January 24, 2022, the Irish team of six athletes (four men and two women) competing in five sports was named.[2]
Competitors[edit]
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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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 |
Alpine skiing[edit]
By meeting the basic qualification standards Ireland qualified one male and one female alpine skier.[3]
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Jack Gower | Men's combined | ||||||
Men's downhill | N/A | ||||||
Men's giant slalom | |||||||
Men's super-G | N/A | ||||||
Tess Arbez | Women's giant slalom | ||||||
Women's slalom | |||||||
Women's super-G | N/A |
Cross-country skiing[edit]
Ireland qualified three male cross-country skiers but chose to only use one quota.[4]
- Distance
Athlete | Event | Classical | Freestyle | Total | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
Thomas Hjalmar Westgård | Men's 15 km classical | N/A | ||||||
Men's 30 km skiathlon | ||||||||
Men's 50 km freestyle | N/A |
- Sprint
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Thomas Hjalmar Westgård | Men's sprint |
Freestyle skiing[edit]
Ireland qualified one male freestyle skier.[5]
- Halfpipe
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | |||||||
Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Brendan Newby | Men's halfpipe |
Luge[edit]
Based on the results during the 2021–22 Luge World Cup season, Ireland qualified 1 sled in the women's singles.[6][7] Elsa Desmond will become the first luger to represent Ireland at the Olympics.[8]
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Elsa Desmond | Women's singles |
Snowboarding[edit]
- Freestyle
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||||||
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Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Best | Rank | ||
Seamus O'Connor | Men's halfpipe |
References[edit]
- ^ "NOCs List Beijing 2022". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ O'Riordan, Ian (24 January 2022). "Ireland names six-strong Beijing Winter Olympics team". The Irish Times. Dublin. Ireland. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "ALPINE SKIING QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 15 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ "CROSS-COUNTRY QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 15 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ "FREESTYLE FREESKI HALFPIPE QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 17 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Standing - quota places OWG Doubles" (PDF). International Luge Federation. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ "XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 in Beijing - Quota places luge" (PDF). www.fil-luge.org/. International Luge Federation. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ O'Connor, Philip (19 January 2022). "Irish luger Desmond to fulfil frozen dream in Beijing". Reuters. London, United Kingdom. Retrieved 23 January 2022.