Slovenia at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Slovenia at the
2018 Winter Olympics
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IOC codeSLO
NOCSlovenian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.si
in Pyeongchang, South Korea
9–25 February 2018
Competitors71 (52 men and 19 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Vesna Fabjan[1]
Flag bearer (closing)Filip Flisar[2]
Medals
Ranked 24th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Yugoslavia (1924–1988)

Slovenia competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. 71 athletes competed in 9 sports, including the men's national ice hockey team.[3]

Slovenian athletes won two Olympic medals: biathlete Jakov Fak won silver in men's individual while snowboarder Žan Košir won bronze in men's parallel giant slalom, his third Olympic medal in total. The country ranked 24th in the medal table. The ice hockey team won two games in the preliminary round, against United States and Slovakia, but lost in the playoffs against Norway.

  1. ^ "Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Flisar bo nosil zastavo". siol.net. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Slovenci v Pyeongchangu :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija". Rtvslo.si. Retrieved 25 February 2018.