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Sporting event delegation
Eritrea at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Flag of Eritrea
IOC codeERI
NOCEritrean National Olympic Committee
in Pyeongchang, South Korea
February 4–20, 2022
Competitors1 in 1 sport
Flag bearer Shannon-Ogbnai Abeda (opening & closing)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Eritrea competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. The country made its debut at the Winter Olympics. Eritrea's team consisted of one alpine skier, Shannon-Ogbnai Abeda, who carried the country's flag during the opening ceremony.

Competitors

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

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

Alpine skiing

Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Eritrea qualified one male athlete, Canadian born skier Shannon-Ogbnai Abeda. Abeda also represented the country at the inaugural Winter Youth Olympics in 2012 in Innsbruck, Austria.

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Shannon-Ogbnai Abeda Men's giant slalom 1:19.86 67 1:20.01 62 2:39.87 61
Men's slalom DNF

See also

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. Rieger, Sarah (28 December 2017). "Calgary skier headed to Winter Olympics... but not with Team Canada". CBC News. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  3. Phillips, Curtis J. (3 January 2018). "McMurray-born skiier [sic] first to represent Eritrea at Winter Olympics". Fort McMurray Today. Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  4. "Alpine Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 20 December 2017. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  5. Clarke, Wendy-Ann (21 December 2017). "Eritrea's first Winter Olympian is from Alberta". www.cbc.ca/sports/. CBC Sports. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  6. "Shannon Abeda Vying to Represent Eritrea at the 2018 Winter Games". TesfaNews. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
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