Tajikistan at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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{{infobox country at games

| NOC = TJK

| NOCname = National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan

| games = Winter Olympics

| year = 2014

| flagcaption =

| oldcode =

| website = {{url|www.olympic.tj }} {{in lang|tg}}

| location = Sochi

| competitors = 1

| sports = 1

| flagbearer = Alisher Qudratov (opening{{cite news |author= |script-title=ru:Президент Таджикистана поедет в Сочи на зимние Олимпийские игры |language=ru|trans-title=Tajik President will travel to Sochi Winter Olympic Games |url=http://rus.ozodi.org/content/tajik-sportsmen-left-for-sochi/25245041.html |newspaper=rus.ozodi.org/ |date=28 January 2014 |accessdate=6 February 2014 }}{{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 |accessdate=7 February 2014}}
and 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=February 23, 2014|accessdate=23 February 2014}}

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| gold = 0

| silver = 0

| bronze = 0

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| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year = 2002

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| winterappearances =

| seealso = {{flagIOC|RU1}} (1900–1912)
{{flagIOC|URS}} (1952–1988)
{{flagIOC|EUN|1992 Summer}} (1992)

}}

Tajikistan competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The team consisted of one alpine skier, Alisher Qudratov. Qudratov will become nation's second athlete to compete at the Winter Olympics. The team struggled with lack of funding and resources to qualify for the games.{{cite news |date=28 July 2013 |title=Tajikistan skiers dream of Sochi glory |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/sport/olympics/2013/07/201372881955836867.html |newspaper=Al Jazeera English |accessdate=16 January 2014 }}{{cite news |last=Borissov |first=Akbar |date=28 July 2013 |title=Tajikistan preparing for unlikely Sochi quest |url=http://au.sports.yahoo.com/news/tajikistan-preparing-unlikely-sochi-quest-124536421.html |newspaper=Yahoo Sports |publisher=Agence-France Presse |accessdate=31 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224212337/http://au.sports.yahoo.com/news/tajikistan-preparing-unlikely-sochi-quest-124536421.html |archive-date=24 February 2014 |df=dmy-all }}

Originally Andrei Drygin the country's only ever Winter Olympian was selected to compete for the country. However he was replaced with Alisher Qudratov because Qudratov became the first athlete born in the country to qualify for the Winter Olympics and was younger.{{cite web |url=http://www.ocasia.org/News/IndexNewsRM.aspx?WKegervtea0971U6Y0bDnQ=%3D |title=Tajik skier to carry flag for second time in opening ceremony |author= |date=4 February 2014 |website=ocasia.org/ |publisher=Olympic Council of Asia |accessdate=2 March 2014 |archive-date=13 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213172817/http://www.ocasia.org/News/IndexNewsRM.aspx?WKegervtea0971U6Y0bDnQ== |url-status=dead }}

Tajikistan's president Emomali Rahmon was among the 65 heads of state that were present during the opening ceremony.{{cite web |url=http://jahonnamo.tj/en/president/2643-president-in-the-opening-ceremony-sochi-2014.html |title=President in the opening ceremony Sochi 2014 |author= |date=8 February 2014 |website=www.jahonnamo.tj/en/ |accessdate=14 February 2014 |archive-date=23 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223155632/http://jahonnamo.tj/en/president/2643-president-in-the-opening-ceremony-sochi-2014.html |url-status=dead }}

Competitors

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Alpine skiing

{{main|Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics}}

According to the final quota allocation released on January 20, 2014 Tajikistan had qualified one athlete.{{cite web |url=http://data.fis-ski.com/media/olympic-games/quota-20-01-2014-6.pdf |title=Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.1.2014 |date=20 January 2014 |website=www.fis-ski.com |publisher=FIS |accessdate=28 January 2014}}

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|align=left|Alisher Qudratov

|align=left|Men's slalom

|colspan=6|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}

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