Ireland at the 2022 Winter Olympics
{{Infobox country at games
|NOC = IRL
|NOCname = Olympic Federation of Ireland
|games = Winter Olympics
|year = 2022
|flagcaption = Flag of Ireland
|website = {{URL|olympics.ie}}
|date = 4–20 February 2022
|location = Beijing, China
|competitors = 6
|competitors_men = 4
|competitors_women = 2
|sports = 5
|flagbearer_open = Elsa Desmond
Brendan Newby
|flagbearer_close=Thomas Hjalmar Westgård
|rank =
|gold = 0
|silver = 0
|bronze = 0
|officials =
|appearances = auto
}}
Ireland competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/listed-nocs.htm|title=NOCs List Beijing 2022|website=www.olympics.com/|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=26 January 2022|archive-date=27 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127022631/https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/listed-nocs.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|date=4 February 2022|title=Which countries are competing in the Winter Olympics 2022? Full list|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/countries-participating-winter-olympics-2022-b2005167.html|work=The Independent|location=London, United Kingdom|access-date=16 February 2022}}
On January 24, 2022, the Irish team of six athletes (four men and two women) competing in five sports was named.{{cite news|last=O'Riordan|first=Ian|date=24 January 2022|title=Ireland names six-strong Beijing Winter Olympics team|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/ireland-names-six-strong-beijing-winter-olympics-team-1.4784457|work=The Irish Times|location=Dublin. Ireland|access-date=24 January 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/olympics/2022/0204/1277748-team-ireland-ready-to-make-their-mark-in-beijing/|title=Team Ireland ready to make their mark in Beijing|date=4 February 2022|work=RTE Sport|accessdate=4 February 2022}} Elsa Desmond and Brendan Newby were the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/beijing-2022-flagbearers-opening-ceremony|title=Beijing-2022 Opening Ceremony Flag-Bearers|date=4 February 2022|website=www.olympics.com/|publisher=International Olympic Committee (IOC)|access-date=4 February 2022}}
All members of the team are members of the Irish diaspora, who were born or live and train elsewhere.{{cite news|last=Clerkin|first=Malachy|date=22 January 2014|title=Diaspora Olympians come into the cold for Ireland at Sochi|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/diaspora-olympians-come-into-the-cold-for-ireland-at-sochi-1.1663491|newspaper=Irish Times|access-date=24 January 2014 }} Ireland won no medals; the best finish was Jack Gower in the men's combined alpine skiing, who finished 12th. Meanwhile cross-country skier Thomas Hjalmar Westgård was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.{{cite web|url=https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/News/2022/02/Beijing-2022-Closing-Ceremony-Flag-Bearers.pdf|title=Beijing-2022 Closing Ceremony Flag-Bearers|date=20 February 2022|website=www.olympics.com/|publisher=International Olympic Committee (IOC)|access-date=20 February 2022}}
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
| width=130|Sport
! width=55|Men ! width=55|Women ! width=55|Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| align=left|Alpine skiing
|1 | 1 | 2 |
| align=left|Cross-country skiing
|1 | 0 | 1 |
| align=left|Freestyle skiing
|1 | 0 | 1 |
| align=left|Luge
|0 | 1 | 1 |
| align=left|Snowboarding
|1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total||4||2||6 |
Alpine skiing
{{main article|Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification}}
By meeting the basic qualification standards Ireland qualified one male and one female alpine skier.{{cite web|url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/v2/quota/list/owg/al/2022|title=ALPINE SKIING QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022|date=15 June 2021|website=www.data.fis-ski.com/|publisher=International Ski Federation (FIS)|access-date=3 July 2021|archive-date=12 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412203016/https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/v2/quota/list/owg/al/2022|url-status=dead}}
| class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |
| rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event !colspan=2|Run 1 !colspan=2|Run 2 !colspan=2|Total |
|---|
| style="font-size:95%"
!Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| align=left rowspan=4|Jack Gower
|align=left|Men's combined |1:45.16 |14 |52.58 |12 |2:37.74 |12 |
| align=left|Men's downhill
|colspan=4 {{n/a}} |1:47.61 |31 |
| align=left|Men's giant slalom
|1:08.30 |31 |1:12.26 |25 |2:20.56 |25 |
| align=left|Men's super-G
|colspan=4 {{n/a}} |colspan=2|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}} |
| align=left rowspan=3|Tess Arbez
|align=left|Women's giant slalom |colspan=2|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}} |colspan=4|Did not advance |
| align=left|Women's slalom
|1:07.83 |55 |1:06.78 |48 |2:14.61 |48 |
| align=left|Women's super-G
|colspan=4 {{n/a}} |1:25.18 |42 |
Cross-country skiing
{{main article|Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics|Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification}}
Ireland qualified three male cross-country skiers but chose to only use one quota.{{cite web|url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/v2/quota/list/owg/cc/2022|title=CROSS-COUNTRY QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022|date=15 June 2021|website=www.data.fis-ski.com/|publisher=International Ski Federation (FIS)|access-date=3 July 2021|archive-date=28 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528152302/https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/v2/quota/list/owg/cc/2022|url-status=dead}}
;Distance
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event !colspan=2|Classical !colspan=2|Freestyle !colspan=3|Total |
|---|
| style="font-size:95%"
!Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Deficit !Rank |
| align=center
|align=left rowspan=3|Thomas Hjalmar Westgård |align=left|Men's 15 km classical |colspan=4 {{n/a}} |40:01.5 | +2:06.7 |14 |
| align=center
|align=left|Men's 30 km skiathlon |43:03.8 |42 |41:51.7 |42 |1:25:29.8 | +9:20.0 |43 |
| align=center
|align=left|Men's 50 km freestyle |colspan=4 {{n/a}} |1:15:59.0 | +4:26.3 |29 |
Freestyle skiing
{{main article|Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics|Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification}}
Ireland qualified one male freestyle skier.{{cite web|url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/v2/quota/list/owg/fs/2022|title=FREESTYLE FREESKI HALFPIPE QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022|date=17 January 2022|website=www.data.fis-ski.com/|publisher=International Ski Federation (FIS)|access-date=26 January 2022|archive-date=9 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109173453/https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/v2/quota/list/owg/fs/2022|url-status=dead}}
;Halfpipe
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="3"|Athlete
!rowspan="3"|Event !colspan=4|Qualification !colspan=6|Final |
|---|
| style="font-size:95%"
!colspan=2|Run 1 !colspan=2|Run 2 !colspan=2|Run 1 !colspan=2|Run 2 !colspan=2|Run 3 |
| style="font-size:95%"
!Points !Rank !Points !Rank !Points !Rank !Points !Rank !Points !Rank |
| align=center
|align=left|Brendan Newby |align=left|Men's halfpipe |10.75 |21 |47.00 |20 |colspan=6|Did not advance |
Luge
{{main article|Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics|Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification}}
Based on the results during the 2021–22 Luge World Cup season, Ireland qualified 1 sled in the women's singles.{{cite web|url=https://www.fil-luge.org/cdn/uploads/quota-places-owg-doubles.pdf|title=Standing - quota places OWG Doubles|publisher=International Luge Federation|accessdate=10 January 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fil-luge.org/cdn/uploads/fil-luge-qualification-list-3.pdf|title=XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 in Beijing - Quota places luge|publisher=International Luge Federation|website=www.fil-luge.org/|date=19 January 2022|accessdate=21 January 2022|archive-date=22 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122020310/https://www.fil-luge.org/cdn/uploads/fil-luge-qualification-list-3.pdf|url-status=dead}} Elsa Desmond became the first luger to represent Ireland at the Olympics.{{cite news|last=O'Connor|first=Philip|date=19 January 2022|title=Irish luger Desmond to fulfil frozen dream in Beijing|url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/irish-luger-desmond-fulfil-frozen-dream-beijing-2022-01-19/|work=Reuters|location=London, United Kingdom|access-date=23 January 2022}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan=2|Run 1 !colspan=2|Run 2 !colspan=2|Run 3 !colspan=2|Run 4 !colspan=2|Total |
|---|
| style="font-size:95%"
!Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| align=center
|align=left|Elsa Desmond |align=left|Women's singles |1:01.608 |33 |1:03.857 |34 |1:02.254 |33 | colspan="2"|Did not advance |3:07.719 |33 |
Snowboarding
{{Main|Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics|Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification}}
;Freestyle
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="4"|Qualification !colspan="5"|Final |
|---|
| style="font-size:95%"
!Run 1 !Run 2 !Best !Rank !Run 1 !Run 2 !Run 3 !Best !Rank |
| align=center
|align=left|Seamus O'Connor |align=left|Men's halfpipe |57.00 |10.25 |57.00 |15 |colspan=5|Did not advance |
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