Saudi Arabia at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Saudi Arabia at the
2022 Winter Olympics
IOC codeKSA
NOCSaudi Arabian Olympic Committee
Websiteolympic.sa (in Arabic and English)
in Beijing, China
4–20 February 2022
Competitors1 (1 man and 0 women) in 1 sport
Flag bearer (opening)Fayik Abdi
Flag bearer (closing)volunteer
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Saudi Arabia competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.[1][2] This marked the country's Winter Olympics debut.[3][4] Saudi Arabia's team consisted of one male alpine skier, Fayik Abdi.[5][6]

Abdi was the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.[7][8] Meanwhile a volunteer was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.[9][10]

  1. ^ "NOCs List Beijing 2022". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Which countries are competing in the Winter Olympics 2022? Full list". The Independent. London, United Kingdom. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  3. ^ Bonesteel, Matt (4 February 2022). "Haiti and Saudi Arabia are in the Winter Olympics for the first time". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C., U.S. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  4. ^ Pavitt, Michael (17 December 2021). "Haiti and Saudi Arabia to debut at Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as Alpine skiers qualify". www.insidethegames.biz/. Dunsar Media Ltd. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Saudi Arabia set to name its first-ever athlete bound for Winter Olympic Games". TASS. Moscow, Russia. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Skier Fayik Abdi to represent Saudi Arabia at Winter Olympics". Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Gazette. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Beijing-2022 Opening Ceremony Flag-Bearers". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Asian NOC flagbearers for Beijing 2022 opening ceremony". www.ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Beijing-2022 Closing Ceremony Flag-Bearers" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Asian NOC flagbearers for Beijing 2022 closing ceremony". www.ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. 20 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.

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