Spain at the 2018 Winter Olympics
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competed at the
2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...
in Pyeongchang,
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, from 9 to 25 February 2018. On 15 February,
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became Spain's first Winter Olympic medalist in 26 years (since the
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) when he won the bronze medal in men's snowboard cross. He also became the first ever Olympic medalist in snowboarding for Spain, with all previous Spanish Winter Olympic medals coming from alpine skiing disciplines. On 17 February, Javier Fernández won Spain's first ever Olympic medal in ice sports when he won the bronze medal in the men's single figure skating competition. These achievements made this edition Spain's most successful Winter Olympics to date in terms of total medal count. For the first time, both Spanish sports federations in charge of winter sports ( Real Federación Española de Deportes de Invierno and
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) got medals in the same Winter Olympics.


Medalists


Competitors

The following is the list of a number of competitors participating in the Games per sport/discipline.


Alpine skiing


Cross-country skiing

Spain qualified two male athletes. ;Distance ;Sprint


Figure skating

Based on placements in the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in
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, Finland, Spain qualified 4 athletes (3 male and 1 female) in the men's singles and ice dancing events. One of the men's quotas was directly given to Javier Fernández, the other men's quota and the ice dance quota was decided according to the
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and the National Championships results.


Skeleton

Spain qualified one male athlete.


Snowboarding

;Freestyle Qualification Legend: Q – Qualify to final ;Snowboard cross Qualification legend: Q – Qualify to next round, FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round.


References

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