Olympic Winter Games 2002 / Participant (Georgia)

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Georgia took part in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, USA, with four athletes who competed in three disciplines.

It was Georgia’s third participation in the Winter Olympics .

Flag bearer

The skier and only female athlete, Sofia Akhmeteli , carried the flag of Georgia during the opening ceremony at the Rice-Eccles Stadium .

Overview of the participants

figure skating

Men

• Vakhtang Murvanidze

  17th place (26.0)

Alpine skiing

Women

• Sofia Akhmeteli

  Giant Slalom: Eliminated (1st run)

  Slalom: Eliminated (1st run)

Men

• Robert Makharashvili

  Slalom: Eliminated (1st run)

Ski jumping

• Kakha Tsakadze

  Individual, normal hill: 66th place (75.0 points, qualification)

  Individual, large hill: 50th place (54.0 points, qualification)

Web links

• Georgia at the Olympic Winter Games 2002. in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )