Madagascar at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Madagascar at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Flag of Madagascar
IOC code	MAD
NOC	Comité Olympique Malgache
in Pyeongchang, South Korea 9–25 February 2018
Competitors	1 in 1 sport
Flag bearer	Mialitiana Clerc [1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
2006 2010–2014 2018 2022 2026

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.

PyeongChang 2018 marked the first time the Malagasy Olympic team competed in South Korea as Madagascar did not attend the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul due to financial reasons.

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	0	1	1
Total	0	1	1

Alpine skiing

Main articles: 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.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mialitiana Clerc	Women's giant slalom	1:21.82	55	1:17.18	42	2:39.00	48
	Women's slalom	1:01.24	53	59.03	48	2:00.27	47

See also

• Madagascar at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

References

1. "Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
2. "Alpine Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 5 December 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
3. "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]. Midi Madagasikara (in French). Antananarivo, Madagascar. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
4. "Ski alpin: Mialitiana Clerc se qualifie pour les JO d'hiver" [Alpine skiing: Mialitiana Clerc qualifies for the Winter Olympics]. News Mada (in French). Antananarivo, Madagascar. 3 August 2017. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.