Team Belarus - Profile

Highlights:

@ PYEONGCHANG 2018
Belarus competed with a team of 32 athletes (16 men, 16 women). They competed in six sports: Alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, short track speed skating, and speed skating. Belarus won three medals (two gold medals), all won by their women.

Darya Domrachava won two medals in biathlon. She led the women's relay team to a gold medal and added a silver in the 12.5km mass start. For Domrachava these were her fifth and sixth Olympic medals, as she won three gold medals at Sochi 2014 and a bronze at Vancouver 2010.

PYEONGCHANG 2018 MEDALS
Biathlon: 2 (1-1-0)
Freestyle Skiing: 1 (1-0-0)
Total: 3 (2-1-0)

PYEONGCHANG 2018 FLAGBEARERS
Opening Ceremony: Alla Tsuper (FRS)
Closing Ceremony: Darya Domrachava (BTH)

OLYMPIC GAMES HISTORY
The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (formerly Belorussia or White Russia) was formed in 1991 after the break-up of the Soviet Union. Belarus competed as an independent nation for the first time at the Lillehammer 1994 Olympic Winter Games, with 33 athletes who won two medals.

Belarus has won 103 Olympic medals with 21 gold. Of that, they have won 18 medals, including eight gold, at the Olympic Winter Games, with biathlete Darya Domracheva the most successful Belarusian Olympian with six medals (four gold).

Their best sport has been biathlon (10 medals, four golds), followed by freestyle skiing (seven medals, four golds). Their best Winter performance came at Sochi 2014 (six medals, five golds).

The most successful Belarusians at the Olympic Games have been rower Yekaterina Khodatovich-Karsten, with four medals (2-1-1), and canoeists Roman Petrushenko and Vadim Makhnyov, who both won one gold, one silver and two bronze medals.

Representing the Unified Team in 1992, Belarusian Vitali Shcherba won six gold medals in gymnastics. Four years later, he won four bronze medals for Belarus giving him a personal total of 10 medals.

Belarus has never hosted an Olympic Games, but at Moscow 1980, several preliminary football matches were held in Minsk, the capital of Belarus.

MILESTONES

First Competitor, Female: Sviatlana Kamotskaya (13 February 1994) - 1994 - Cross-Country Skiing (15km Freestyle) - 50th, Alena Piirainen - 51st
First Competitor, Male: Siarhei Sheiko (13 February 1994) - 1994 - Figure Skating (Pairs) - 17th
First Competitor, Male: Vitali Novichenka (13 February 1994) - 1994 - Speed Skating (5000m) - 32nd

Youngest Competitor, Female: Liudmila Dideleva (17y-054d) - 1994 - Cross-Country Skiing (5km Classical) - 36th, (5/10km Pursuit) - 45th
Youngest Competitor, Male: Aliaksandr Siniauski (16y-348d) - 1994 - Ski Jumping (Large Hill Individual) - 54th

Oldest Competitor, Female: Alla Tsuper (38y-306d) - 2018 - Freestyle Skiing (Aerials) - 4th
Oldest Competitor, Male: Siarhei Dalidovich (44y-268d) - 2018 - Cross-Country Skiing (Skiathlon) - DNF

First Medallist, Female: Sviatlana Paramihina (23 February 1994) - 1994 - Biathlon (7.5km Sprint) - Silver
First Medallist, Male: Ihar Zhaliasouski (18 February 1994) - 1994 - Speed Skating (1000m) - Silver

First Gold Medallist, Female: Darya Domrachava (11 February 2014) - 2014 - Biathlon (10km Pursuit) - Gold
First Gold Medallist, Male: Aliaksei Hryshyn (25 February 2010) - 2010 - Freestyle Skiing (Aerials) - Gold

Youngest Medallist, Female: Dinara Alimbekova (22y-048d) - 2018 - Biathlon (4x6km Relay) - Gold
Youngest Medallist, Male: Dzmitry Dashchynski (20y-101d) - 1998 - Freestyle Skiing (Aerials) - Bronze

Youngest Gold Medallist, Female: Dinara Alimbekova (22y-048d) - 2018 - Biathlon (4x6km Relay) - Gold
Youngest Gold Medallist, Male: Anton Kushnir (29y-126d) - 2014 - Freestyle Skiing (Aerials) - Gold

Oldest Medallist, Female: Alla Tsuper (34y-304d) - 2014 - Freestyle Skiing (Aerials) - Gold
Oldest Medallist, Male: Siarhei Novikau (30y-297d) - 2010 - Biathlon (20km) - Silver

Oldest Gold Medallist, Female: Alla Tsuper (34y-304d) - 2014 - Freestyle Skiing (Aerials) - Gold
Oldest Gold Medallist, Male: Aliaksei Hryshyn (30y-252d) - 2010 - Freestyle Skiing (Aerials) - Gold

Most Medals, Female: Darya Domrachava (6 | 4-1-1) - Biathlon
Most Medals, Male: Aliaksei Hryshyn (2 | 1-0-1) - Freestyle Skiing
Most Medals, Male: Dzmitry Dashchynski (2 | 0-1-1) - Freestyle Skiing
Most Medals, Male: Ihar Zhaliasouski (2 | 0-1-1) - Speed Skating

Most Gold Medals, Female: Darya Domrachava (4) - Biathlon
Most Gold Medals, Male: Aliaksei Hryshyn (1) - Freestyle Skiing
Most Gold Medals, Male: Anton Kushnir (1) - Freestyle Skiing

Additional Information:

http://www.noc.by/

Anthem Title: Dziarzauny himn Respubliki Bielarus (State Anthem of the Republic of Belarus)

Anthem Composer: Music: Nester Sakalouski, Lyrics: Mikhas Klimkovich, Uladzimir Karyzna

Anthem Inducted: 2002

Founding Date: 1991

IOC Recognition Date: 1993

Delegation President: Viktor Lukashenko

Delegation Secretary General: Polina Golovina

First OG/PG Appearance: 1994

Number OG/PG Appearances: 7

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