Virgin Islands at the 2014 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | ISV |
NOC | Virgin Islands Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Sochi | |
Competitors | 1 in 1 sport |
Flag bearers | Jasmine Campbell (opening and closing) |
Medals |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
The United States Virgin Islands (USVI) sent a delegation to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics held in Sochi, Russia from 7–23 February 2014. This marked the return of the Virgin Islands to the Winter Olympics after missing the 2010 edition, and was their sixth time competing at a Winter Olympic Games. The USVI team consisted of one athlete in alpine skiing, Jasmine Campbell. She finished 56th in the giant slalom and 43rd in the slalom.
The Virgin Islands Olympic Committee was first recognized by the International Olympic Committee on 31 December 1966. [1] The USVI have sent competitors to every Summer Olympic Games since, except the boycotted 1980 Moscow Olympics. [2] [3] The territory first sent athletes to a Winter Olympic Games in 1988. [2] The USVI had their only athlete at the 2006 Winter Olympics—Anne Abernathy—break her wrist in training, [4] and they missed the 2010 Winter Olympics, making Sochi the sixth time the USVI actually competed in the Winter Olympics. [2] Alpine skier Jasmine Campbell was the only athlete the USVI sent to Sochi. [5] Campbell was selected as the flag bearer for both the opening ceremony and closing ceremony. [6] [7] She was accompanied to Sochi by her coach and father, John Campbell, who had represented the Virgin Islands at the 1992 Winter Olympics in alpine skiing.. [8]
The Virgin Islands qualified one female alpine skier for the 2014 Winter Olympics. [9] [10] Jasmine Campbell secured qualification on 20 January 2014. [11] She was born on Saint John, USVI and moved to Idaho at the age of nine. [11] Campbell was 22 years old at the time of the Sochi Olympics, and was making her Olympic debut. [12] [13] About her Olympic participation she said "I will consider my time at the Olympics a success by doing my own personal best, while connecting with this very special community of athletes. I greatly appreciate this immense honor to participate in such a unique international forum whose goal is to be a symbol of human excellence and transcendence, in an environment of peace." [8] On 18 February she took part in the two-run women's giant slalom race. She finished the first leg in 1 minute and 32.05 seconds, [14] and the second in 1 minute and 33.00 seconds. [15] Her total time of 3 minutes and 5.05 seconds put her in 56th place, out of 67 competitors who finished both legs of the race. [16] The gold medal was won by Tina Maze of Slovenia in a time of 2 minutes and 36.87 seconds; the silver medal was won by Anna Fenninger of Austria, and the bronze was earned by Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany. [17]
On 21 February, Campbell participated in the women's slalom, which was also a two-run event. She completed her first run in 1 minute and 6.09 seconds, [18] and her second in a faster 1 minute and 4.28 seconds. [19] Her total time for the event was thus 2 minutes and 10.37 seconds, which put her in 43rd place out of 49 competitors who completed both runs. [20] The gold medal was won by Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States in 1 minute and 44.54 seconds; silver and bronze were both earned by Austrians, Marlies Schild and Kathrin Zettel respectively. [21]
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Jasmine Campbell [10] [8] | Women's giant slalom | 1:32.05 | 62 | 1:33.00 | 57 | 3:05.05 | 56 |
Women's slalom | 1:06.09 | 50 | 1:04.28 | 43 | 2:10.37 | 43 |
India sent a delegation to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy from 10–26 February 2006. This was the nation's seventh appearance in a Winter Olympic Games. The Indian delegation consisted of four athletes, two in alpine skiing, one in cross-country skiing, and one in luge. Their best performance in any event was 25th by luger Shiva Keshavan in the men's singles.
The Republic of Macedonia sent a delegation to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy from 10–26 February 2006. This was Macedonia's third appearance at a Winter Olympic Games. The delegation consisted of three athletes; Ivana Ivčevska and Gjorgi Markovski in alpine skiing, and Darko Damjanovski in cross-country skiing. Their best performance in any event was 40th, by Ivčevska in the women's giant slalom.
Lebanon sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 12–28 February 2010. This was Lebanon's 15th appearance at a Winter Olympic Games. The Lebanese team consisted of three alpine skiers. Lebanon has never won a medal at a Winter Olympics, and their best performance in Vancouver was 37th in the women's super-G by Chirine Njeim; Ghassan Achi failed to post a result in either of his races, and Jacky Chamoun finished 54th in her only race.
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Uzbekistan sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from 12–28 February 2010. This was the country's fifth appearance in a Winter Olympic Games. The delegation consisted of three athletes: Kseniya Grigoreva and Oleg Shamaev in alpine skiing, and Anastasia Gimazetdinova in figure skating. None of the Uzbekistani competitors won a medal at these Olympics.
Armenia sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 12 to 28 February 2010. This marked the nation's fifth appearance at a Winter Olympics as an independent country. The Armenian delegation consisted of four athletes, two in alpine skiing and two in cross-country skiing. The team's best finish in any event was a 70th place mark by Sergey Mikayelyan in the men's 15 kilometre freestyle cross-country event.
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Jasmine Campbell is an alpine skier from the Virgin Islands. She competed in the Virgin Islands at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the slalom and giant slalom. When Campbell was nine she moved from the Virgin Islands to her current place of residence Hailey, Idaho. Her father John also competed for the islands in alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France and her mother Jennifer Lyons would have participated in the 1992 Olympic Games, but she renounced a short time after her pregnancy with Jasmine. She was the flag bearer for the U.S. Virgin Islands in the 2014 Winter Olympics
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John Campbell is an alpine skier from Saint John who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics who participated in the slalom, the giant slalom, and the super giant slalom. He has a daughter, Jasmine Campbell who competed in the 2014 Olympics in the slalom and giant slalom, with her father as coach. She was the flag bearer for the U.S. Virgin Islands
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