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Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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IOC code
  
BIH

Competitors
  
5 in 3 sports

Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2014 Winter Olympics

NOC
  
Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Website
  
www.okbih.ba (Bosnian)/(Serbian)/(Croatian)

Flag bearer
  
Žana Novaković (opening and closing)

Medals
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0

Bosnia and Herzegovina competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The team consists of five athletes in three sports. The team marched in the opening ceremony wearing clothes that paid homage to the 30th anniversary of the 1984 Winter Olympics held in Sarajevo.

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The selection of alpine skier Žana Novaković as flagbearer resulted in controversy as another skier, Igor Laikert, had better results. There were suggestions that this had to due with the ethnic divide in the country with Laikert coming from the Muslim-Croat community.

Alpine skiing

According to the quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Bosnia and Herzegovina had three athletes in qualification position.

Biathlon

Bosnia and Herzegovina received a reallocation quota spot in biathlon. Tanja Karišik also competed in cross-country skiing.

Cross-country skiing

According to the quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Bosnia and Herzegovina had two athletes in qualification position.

Distance
Sprint

References

Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2014 Winter Olympics Wikipedia