Argentina competed at the

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, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. A team of seven athletes in two sports competed for the country.

Cristian Javier Simari Birkner Cristian Javier Simari Birkner (born 4 October 1980 in San Carlos de Bariloche) is an Argentinian alpine skier. He competed in the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 di ...

, 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. The

marked the first time that Argentinean athletes competed in Russia as Argentina and 63 other western nations participated at the

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in Moscow because of the Soviet-

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war.

Competitors

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

María Belén Simari Birkner María Belén Simari Birkner (born 18 August 1982) is a female skier from Argentina. She has represented Argentina in both the 2006 and the 2010 Winter Olympics, in the Alpine skiing events. She also took part in the 2005 Alpine Skiing World Cu ...

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

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* * {{Country at games navbox, Argentina, Olympics Nations at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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2014 in Argentine sport

Competitors

Alpine skiing

Cross-country skiing

See also

References

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