Colombia at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Colombia at the
2022 Winter Olympics
Flag of Colombia
IOC codeCOL
NOCColombian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olimpicocol.co (in Spanish)
in Beijing, China
February 4–20, 2022
Competitors3 (2 men and 1 woman) in 3 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Carlos Andres Quintana
Laura Gómez
Flag bearer (closing)Laura Gómez
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Colombia competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. It was the country's third appearance at the Winter Olympics, since its debut at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The Colombian delegation consisted of a three athletes competing in a three sports. Colombia did not win any medals at the Games.

Background

The Colombian Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Colombiano) was formed in 1936 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1939.[1] Colombia first competed in the Olympics at the 1932 Summer Olympics. However, it made its first Winter Olympics appearance only at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The 2022 Winter Olympics was the country's third appearance at the Winter Olympics.[2][3][4]

The 2022 Winter Olympics was held in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.[5] Skater Laura Gómez and skier Carlos Andres Quintana were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[6] Gómez was also the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.[7] Colombia did not win a medal at the Games.[8]

Competitors

The Colombian delegation consisted of three athletes competing in three sports.[8]

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 101
Cross-country skiing 101
Speed skating 011
Total213

Alpine skiing

The basic qualification mark for the slalom and giant slalom events stipulated an average of less than 160 points in the list published by the International Ski Federation (FIS) as on 17 January 2022. The quotas were allocated further based on athletes satisfying other criteria with a maximum of 22 athletes (11 male and 11 female athletes) from a single participating NOC.[9] Subject to the other criteria, Colombia qualified one male alpine skier for the Games.[10]

Born on 21 August 1998,[11] Michael Poettoz was born in Cali and was adopted by a French family at a younger age. Poettoz grew up in France and learned how to ski in Les Carroz d'Araches. He became the first Colombian to compete in the Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.[12] He was competing in his second Winter Olympics, after his debut at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[13]

The alpine skiing events were held at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre.[14] In the men's giant slalom event, he completed his first run in 1:12.83 to be ranked 36th amongst the 87 competitors. In the second run, he improved to 30th in the classification, though he took a longer time of 1:17.19 to complete the course. He was classified in 31st place overall after the two runs.[15] In the slalom event, he did not complete his first run and hence was not classified in the overall classification.[16]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Michael Poettoz Men's giant slalom 1:12.83 36 1:17.19 30 2:30.02 31
Men's slalom DNF Did not advance

Cross-country skiing

As per the International Ski Federation (FIS), a maximum of 296 athletes were allowed to compete in cross-country skiing, including 148 men and 148 women. A maximum of 16 athletes per National Olympic Committee was allowed to compete with a maximum of eight per gender and not more than four athletes in any single event. An athlete who has less than 150 FIS Distance points on the ranking list published on 19 January 2026, was eligible for participation in the distance and/or sprint events. If an athlete has not met the 'A' standard, but had less than 350 FIS Distance points, the athlete was allowed be entered in the freestyle distance race, and an athlete who had less than 350 FIS Sprint points was allowed to be entered in the sprint race.[17]

By meeting the basic qualification standards, Colombia qualified one male cross-country skier, Carlos Andrés Quintana for the classical and sprint races.[18] This was Quintana's debut at the Winter Olympics.[19]

The cross-country skiing events were held at the Zhangjiakou Nordic Centre and Biathlon Centre in Chongli District.[20] In the 15km classical event, Quintana finished 95th out of the 97 participants with a time of over 55 minutes and 41 seconds.[21] In the sprint event, he finished 98th and last amongst the classified finishers out of the 100 participants with a time of over four minutes and eight seconds.[22]

Athlete Event Final
Time Deficit Rank
Carlos Andrés Quintana Men's 15 km classical 55:41.9 +17:47.1 95


4:08.66 (88)

Speed skating

A total quota of 166 athletes were eligible to compete at the Games. Countries were assigned quotas based on their performance during the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup in the autumn of 2021. Each nation was permitted to enter a maximum of two athletes per gender for the mass start event. Each nation was permitted to send at most seven speed skating athletes per gender in total.[23] Colombia qualified one female speed skater in the mass start event through the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup.[24]

Gómez took the sport of speed skating only in her late twenties and holds several Colombian national records in speed skating.[25][26] She competed in the women's mass start event at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[27][28] This was her second Olympic appearance.[29]

The speed skating events were held at the National Speed Skating Oval at Beijing. In the women's mass start event, she finished 11th in the first semifinals out of the 14 participants. She was ranked 22nd overall out of the 28 participants and did not advance to the finals.

Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Points Time Rank Points Time Rank
Laura Gómez Women's mass start 0 8:31.66 11 Did not advance 22

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Colombian Olympic Committee". Olympics.com. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "Colombia at the Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "NOCs List Beijing 2022". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Which countries are competing in the Winter Olympics 2022? Full list". The Independent. London, United Kingdom. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "2022 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "Beijing-2022 Opening Ceremony Flag-Bearers". International Olympic Committee (IOC). 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "Beijing-2022 Closing Ceremony Flag-Bearers" (PDF). International Olympic Committee (IOC). 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  8. 1 2 "Colombia at the 2022 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "2022 Winter Olympics Alpine Skiing Selection Procedure" (PDF). U.S. Ski & Snowboard. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 June 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  10. ↑ "Alpine skiing quotas list for Olympic Winter Games 2022". International Ski Federation (FIS). 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  11. ↑ "Michael Poettoz". FIS. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "Michael Poettoz – The first ever Colombian at the Winter Youth Olympics!". International Olympic Committee. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  13. ↑ "Michael Poettoz". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  14. ↑ "Alpine skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  15. ↑ "Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom". Olympedia. 16 February 2022.
  16. ↑ "Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom". Olympedia. 16 February 2022.
  17. ↑ "Qualification System for Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). 21 June 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  18. ↑ "Cross country list for the 2022 Winter Games". International Ski Federation (FIS). 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 28 May 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  19. ↑ "Carlos Quintana". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  20. ↑ "Cross country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  21. ↑ "Men's 15km, Cross country skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  22. ↑ "Men's sprint, Cross country skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  23. ↑ "Qualification Systems for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022 Speed Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  24. ↑ Zabala, Daniel (12 December 2021). "Patinadora colombiana Laura Gómez clasificó a los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno" [Colombian skater Laura Gómez qualified for the Winter Olympics] (in Spanish). RCN Radio. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  25. ↑ "Laura Gomez". Speed Skating Stats. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  26. ↑ "'Don't know how I'm here': Colombian roller-skater gets shock Olympic chance". Rappler. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  27. ↑ "Speed Skating Athlete Profile: Laura Isabel Gomez". Pyeongchang 2018. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  28. ↑ "Gomez Laura Isabel". Eurosport. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  29. ↑ "Laura Gomez". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
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