Paraguay at the 2014 Winter Olympics
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{{Infobox country at games
| NOC = PAR
| NOCname = Comité Olímpico Paraguayo
| games = Winter Olympics
| year = 2014
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| website = {{url|www.cop.org.py }} {{in lang|es}}
| location = Sochi
| competitors = 1
| sports = 1
| flagbearer = Julia Marino (opening){{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Games_Sochi_2014/Flagbearers_Sochi_2014_Opening_Ceremony.pdf |title=Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers |author= |date=7 February 2014 |website=olympic.org |publisher=Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee |access-date=7 February 2014}}
Volunteer (closing){{cite web|title=Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers|url=http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Games_Sochi_2014/Flagbearers_Sochi_2014_Closing_Ceremony.pdf|publisher=The International Olympic Committee (IOC)|date=23 February 2014|access-date=23 February 2014}}
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| gold = 0
| silver = 0
| bronze = 0
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| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 2014
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Paraguay competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. Paraguay made its debut at the Winter Olympics. The Paraguayan team consisted of one athlete competing in freestyle skiing.{{cite news |last=Vincent |first=Gordon |date= 6 December 2013 |title=Winchester's Marino is first Winter Olympian from Paraguay |url=http://homenewshere.com/middlesex_east/article_f432c936-5cf1-11e3-87af-0019bb2963f4.html |newspaper=Middlesex East |access-date=27 December 2013 }}{{cite news |last=Plumb |first=Taryn |date=29 December 2013 |title=Competing in Olympics for Paraguay |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/north/2013/12/29/julia-marino-winchester-making-olympic-history-for-paraguay/iCuQNBwfAWG6Y3KHRDzEIM/story.html |newspaper=The Boston Globe |access-date=10 January 2014 }}{{cite web |url=http://xgames.espn.go.com/skiing/article/10152962/slopestyle-skier-julia-marino-become-paraguay-first-winter-olympic-athlete |title=Meet Paraguay's First Winter Olympian |last1=O'Neil |first1=Devon |date=18 December 2013 |website=ESPN |access-date=10 January 2014 |archive-date=27 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227053518/http://xgames.espn.go.com/skiing/article/10152962/slopestyle-skier-julia-marino-become-paraguay-first-winter-olympic-athlete |url-status=dead }}
The 2014 Games marked the first time a Paraguayan Olympic team competed in Russia, as Paraguay and 64 western countries took part at the American-led boycott in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow due to the Soviet–Afghan War.
Competitors
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| width=200|Sport | width=60|Men | width=60|Women | width=60|Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| align=left|Freestyle skiing
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total ||0 || 1 ||1 |
Freestyle skiing
{{main|Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics}}
According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Paraguay has one athlete in qualification position.{{cite web |url=http://data.fis-ski.com/media/olympic-games/quota-20-01-2014-6.pdf |title=Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.01.2014 |date=20 January 2014 |website=fis-ski.com |publisher=FIS |access-date=1 February 2014}} Julia Marino was born in Paraguay but was adopted by an American family at the age of six months, and has lived there ever since. Marino had to go through the process of creating the Paraguayan ski federation and be released from the American team before officially qualifying to compete for the country.{{cite news |author= |title=Sochi Olympics: Paraguayan-American Julia Marino Is Making History in Slopestyle Skiing |url=http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/sports/2014/02/06/sochi-olympics-paraguayan-american-julia-marino-is-making-history-in-slopestyle/ |publisher=Fox News |date=6 February 2014 |access-date=11 February 2014 }}
Julia Marino competed in the women's slopestyle qualification round and finished in 17th place overall (out of 22 athletes), which was not good enough to advance. When asked about competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics she replied that she was still young and would 100% compete for Paraguay. With a single athlete competing in a single event, the country did not win a medal at these Games.{{cite news |author= |title=Sochi Scene:She'll be back|url=http://www.chron.com/sports/article/SOCHI-SCENE-She-ll-be-back-5224486.php |agency=Associated Press|location=Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi |work=Houston Chronicle |date=11 February 2014 |access-date=11 February 2014 }}
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| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="4"|Qualification !colspan="4"|Final |
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!Run 1 !Run 2 !Best !Rank !Run 1 !Run 2 !Best !Rank |
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|align=left|Julia Marino |align=left|Women's slopestyle |36.40 |25.60 |36.40 |17 |colspan=4|did not advance |
References
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External links
- [http://www.sochi2014.com/en/team-paraguay Paraguay at the 2014 Winter Olympics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140211052946/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/team-paraguay |date=11 February 2014 }}
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