Austria at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Austria at the
2014 Winter Olympics
IOC codeAUT
NOCAustrian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympia.at (in German)
in Sochi
Competitors132 in 14 sports
Flag bearers Mario Stecher (opening)[1][2]
Julia Dujmovits (closing)[3]
Medals
Ranked 9th
Gold
4
Silver
8
Bronze
5
Total
17
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
The Austrian athletes for the 2014 Winter Olympics

Austria competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The team was composed of 132 athletes in 14 sports, consisting of 90 men and 42 women. The 132 athletes is 27 more than the country's previous largest Winter Olympics team.[4]

Originally Benjamin Raich[4] was scheduled to carry the flag at the opening ceremony, however he withdrew after he decided to skip the combined competition, thus delaying his arrival in Sochi.[5] Nordic combined athlete Mario Stecher was named his replacement.[1]

The Austrian Olympic Committee received a Russian letter containing a kidnap threat against Alpine skier Bernadette Schild and skeleton pilot Janine Flock during the Sochi Games.[6]

On 23 February, skier Johannes Dürr was suspended from the Winter Olympics after testing positive for EPO.[7]

  1. ^ a b "6-time Olympian Stecher to bear Austrian flag". Associated Press. Sochi, Russia: Yahoo. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). www.olympic.org. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). 23 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Austria to send 130 athletes to Sochi Olympics; Alpine skier Benjamin Raich named flagbearer". Daily Reporter. Greenfield, Indiana: Associated Press. 27 January 2014. Archived from the original on 27 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  5. ^ Estrada, Chris (3 February 2014). "Austria missing a flag-bearer after Alpine skier Raich delays Sochi trip". National Broadcasting Company (NBC). Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Austria says it's received athlete kidnapping threats". olympics.cbc.ca. 5 February 2014. Archived from the original on 5 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Sochi 2014: Austrian Johannes Duerr fails drugs test for EPO". BBC Sport. 23 February 2014.