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Argentina at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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IOC code
  
ARG

Competitors
  
7 in 2 sports

Argentina at the 2014 Winter Olympics

NOC
  
Argentinian Olympic Committee

Website
  
www.coarg.org.ar (Spanish)

Flag bearer
  
Cristian Javier Simari Birkner (opening) Sebastiano Gastaldi (closing)

Medals
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0

Argentina competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. A team of seven athletes in two sports competed for the country. Cristian Javier Simari Birkner, an alpine skier, was the flagbearer for the second consecutive games. It also marks the third consecutive games a member of the Simari Birkner family has carried the flag for Argentina.

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Alpine skiing

According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Argentina had six athletes in qualification position. The non-selection of three-time Olympian Maria Belen Simari Birkner led to her brother Cristian, who made the team, to lead a petition to have her as a part of the team. They claimed the selection of athletes made no sense and was purely subjective. The appeal was ultimately unsuccessful.

Cross-country skiing

According to the quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Argentina had one athlete in qualification position.

Distance

References

Argentina at the 2014 Winter Olympics Wikipedia