Austria at the 2014 Winter Olympics
| Austria at the 2014 Winter Olympics |
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| IOC code | AUT | ||||||||
| NOC | Austrian Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 132 in 14 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer |
Mario Stecher (opening) Julia Dujmovits (closing) |
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Medals Ranked 9th |
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| 1906 Intercalated Games | |||||||||
Austria competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The team was composed of 132 athletes in 14 sports, consisting of 90 men and 42 women. The 132 athletes is 27 more than the country's previous largest Winter Olympics team.
Originally Benjamin Raich was scheduled to carry the flag at the opening ceremony, however he withdrew after he decided to skip the combined competition, thus delaying his arrival in Sochi.Nordic combined athlete Mario Stecher was named his replacement.
The Austrian Olympic Committee received a Russian letter containing a kidnap threat against Alpine skier Bernadette Schild and skeleton pilot Janine Flock during the Sochi Games.
On 23 February, skier Johannes Dürr was suspended from the Winter Olympics after testing positive for EPO.
According to the quota allocation released on 24 January 2014, Austria qualified a total quota of twenty-two athletes in alpine skiing.Joachim Puchner and Nicole Schmidhofer were selected to the team but did not compete in any races.
Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Austria qualified 6 men and 4 women.
* – Denotes the driver of each sled
** – Competed only in runs 1 and 2
*** - Competed only in runs 3 and 4
According to the quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Austria had eight athletes in qualification position.
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