Ireland at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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Ireland at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Flag of Ireland.svg
IOC code IRL
NOC Olympic Federation of Ireland
Website olympics.ie
in Sochi
Competitors5 in 4 sports
Flag bearers Conor Lyne (opening) [1] [2]
Seamus O'Connor (closing) [3]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Ireland competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. Five competitors in four sports made up the Ireland team. All five members of the team are members of the Irish diaspora, who were born or live and train elsewhere. [4]

Contents

Alpine skiing

According to the final quota allocation released on January 20, 2014, Ireland had two athletes in qualification positions. [5]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Conor Lyne [6] Men's giant slalom DNF
Men's slalom 1:03.58741:09.71402:13.2942
Florence Bell [7] Women's giant slalom DNF
Women's slalom 1:07.8455DNF

Cross-country skiing

According to the quota allocation released on January 20, 2014, Ireland had one athlete in a qualifying position.

AthleteEventFinal
TimeDeficitRank
Jan Rossiter Men's 15 km classical 48:44.6+10:14.982

Skeleton

Ireland has qualified one athlete for the men's single event. Sean Greenwood originally competed for Canada but switched to compete for Ireland to pay homage to his heritage. [8]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Sean Greenwood Men's 57.99211:05.112758.22=23Did not advance3:01.3227

Snowboarding

According to the quota allocation released on January 20, 2014, Ireland had one athlete qualified in two events. [5]

AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinal
Run 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2BestRank
Seamus O'Connor [9] Men's halfpipe 66.2571.5071.508 QS54.0043.0054.009Did not advance
Men's slopestyle 33.5040.0040.0013 QS60.7570.2570.259Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal

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