Team North Macedonia - Profile

@ PYEONGCHANG 2018
North Macedonia competed with a team of three athletes (two men, one woman) in Alpine skiing and cross-country skiing. Their best finish in PyeongChang was 76th by Stavre Jada (a 2016 Winter Youth Olympian) in the sprint race of cross-country skiing.

PYEONGCHANG 2018 FLAGBEARERS
Opening Ceremony: Stavre Jada (CCS)
Closing Ceremony: Flag carried by a POCOG volunteer

OLYMPIC GAMES HISTORY
The Olympic Committee of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was formed in 1992 and recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1993. The republic first competed at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1996 and has been represented at every Olympic Games since then. At the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, North Macedonia won its first Olympic medal as an independent nation, with a bronze by Mogamed Ibragimov in light-heavyweight freestyle wrestling.

North Macedonia, as FYR Macedonia, first competed at the Olympic Winter Games at Nagano 1998 and has appeared at every Olympic Winter Games since, with 12 athletes (seven men, five women) appearing at the Olympic Winter Games. The country's name was changed in 2019 to North Macedonia after negotiations with the Greek government. It competed under that name for the first time at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Macedonians have competed to date in only two disciplines, Alpine and cross-country skiing.

They are yet to win an Olympic Winter Games medal, with their best finish being 29th by Antonio Ristevski in the Sochi 2014 men's slalom. Both Ristevski (2010-18) and cross-country skier Darko Damjanovski (2006-14) have competed at three Olympic Winter Games, with Ristevski carrying the flag at the Vancouver 2010 Opening Ceremony and Damjanovski doing so at Sochi 2014.

SUPERLATIVES

First Competitor, Female: Jana Nikolovska (20 February 1998) - 1998 - Alpine Skiing (Giant Slalom) - 33rd
First Competitor, Male: Gjoko Dineski (12 February 1998) - 1998 - Cross-Country Skiing (10km Classical) - 91st

Youngest Competitor, Female: Marija Kolaroska (16y-144d) - 2014 - Cross-Country Skiing (10km Classical) - 71st
Youngest Competitor, Male: Aleksandar Stojanovski (19y-027d) - 1998 - Alpine Skiing (Giant Slalom) - 36th

Oldest Competitor, Female: Rosana Kiroska (19y-023d) - 2010 - Cross-Country Skiing (10km Freestyle) - 76th
Oldest Competitor, Male: Darko Damjanovski (32y-222d) - 2014 - Cross-Country Skiing (50km Mass Start Freestyle) - DNF

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