Virgin Islands at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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Not to be confused with British Virgin Islands at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Virgin Islands at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Flag bearers
Jasmine Campbell (opening and closing)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (
overview)

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
.

Background

The

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]

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

The Virgin Islands qualified one female alpine skier for the 2014 Winter Olympics.

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
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

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c "United States Virgin Islands". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. ^ "54 Boycotted in 1980". The New York Times. 10 May 1984. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  4. ^ ""Grandma Luge" out – Torino 2006 – Luge". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  5. ^ "United States Virgin Islands at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony – Flagbearers" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony – Flagbearers" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  8. ^ a b c Codes, Jeff (7 February 2014). "Jasmine Campbell takes high hopes to Sochi". Idaho Mountain Express. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  9. FIS. 20 January 2014. Archived
    from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  10. ^
    WBUR. Archived
    from the original on 22 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  11. ^ a b "Jamine Campbell Nominated to Represent the USVI at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games". Virgin Islands Olympic Committee. 21 January 2014. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Jasmine Campbell Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  13. ^ "Jasmine CAMPBELL – Olympic Alpine Skiing – Virgin Islands, US". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  14. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games: Women's Giant Slalom Run 1". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  15. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games: Women's Giant Slalom Run 2". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  16. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games: Women's Giant Slalom". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  17. ^ "Sochi 2014 giant slalom women – Olympic Alpine Skiing". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  18. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games: Women's Slalom Run 1". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  19. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games: Women's Slalom Run 2". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  20. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games: Women's Slalom". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  21. ^ "Sochi 2014 slalom women – Olympic Alpine Skiing". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

External links

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