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competed at the

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, from 7 to 23 February 2014. Croatia qualified 11 athletes, the fewest athletes in the fewest sports since the

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Competitors

Medalists

Alpine skiing

According to the quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Croatia had eight athletes in qualification position. One of the women's quotas was exchanged for the sixth quota in men's alpine skiing. The team was announced on 27 January. ;Men ;Women

Cross-country skiing

According to the quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Croatia had two athletes in qualification position. For the first time since

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Croatia qualified athletes with A standards, meaning that they will be able to compete in more than one event.

Vedrana Malec Vedrana Malec (; born 24 March 1990, in Zagreb) is a Croatian cross-country skier who has been competing since 2006. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, which was her first Winter Olympics. She was selected to carry the Croatian ...

was the only female Croatian skier that reached A standard while the men's quota was decided between Edi Dadić and Andrej Burić. The team was announced on 24 January. ;Distance ;Sprint

Snowboarding

Croatia received a reallocation quota spot in women's halfpipe. This was the first time that Croatia will be represented in a snowboarding event at the Olympics. The sole representative was announced on 24 January. ;Halfpipe

Sports without participation by Croatia

Biathlon

Despite winning a bronze medal in biathlon at the

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, Croatia was the eight reserve in men's biathlon. For the first time since the

, Croatia did not compete in biathlon.

Jakov Fak Jakov Fak (born 1 August 1987) is a Croatian biathlete competing for Slovenia since 2010. As a member of the Croatian biathlon team, Fak won bronze medals at the 2009 World Championships and at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he was also the C ...

, the 2010 bronze medalist, competed for Slovenia this year instead of Croatia.

Bobsleigh

Croatia was the third reserve in four-man bobsleigh event. This was the first time since the

that Croatia did not qualify for the Olympics in a bobsleigh event.

Figure skating

Josip Gluhak Josip () is a male given name found among Croats and Slovenes, a cognate of Joseph. In Croatia, the name Josip was the second most common masculine given name in the decades up to 1959, and has stayed among the top ten most common ones throughout 2 ...

competed at the

2013 Nebelhorn Trophy The 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy was held on September 26–28, 2013 at the Eislaufzentrum Oberstdorf. It is held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany and is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain. Medals were awarded in men's and ladies' singles, pair ...

, but failed to qualify for the Olympics. Croatia has not competed in a figure skating event since

Luge

Croatia's

Daria Obratov Daria Obratov (; born 12 December 1989) is a Croatian luger. She competed in the women's singles event at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She used to play handball in her youth, but after knee injury and 8 operations, she took up luge. Zvonimir Hukt ...

was the first reserve in women's luge. Croatia has never competed in an Olympic luge event.

References

External links

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