Jordan at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Jordan competed at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26.[1][2] The country's athletes competed in one sport: alpine skiing. Jordan's team consisted of two athletes (one male and one female).[3]

Jordan at the
2017 Asian Winter Games
IOC codeJOR
NOCJordan Olympic Committee
in Sapporo and Obihiro
February 19–26
Competitors2 in 1 sport
Flag bearer Nasser Majali(Opening Ceremony) Volunteer(Closing Ceremony)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Asian Winter Games appearances

Nasser Majali, the Jordan Olympic Committee's secretary general was the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony, due to both athlete, who were still preparing elsewhere before their competitions began later in the week.[4]

Background

Jordan originally did not enter any athletes at the close of entries in December 2016.[5] However, the country was allowed to enter athletes after the deadline, after the Olympic Council of Asia extended an invite to the two skiers to compete, only a month before the games began.[6]

Competitors

The following table lists the Jordanian delegation per sport and gender.

SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing 112
Total112

Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Jordan's alpine skiing team consisted of two athletes, one per gender.[3][7]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Suhail Azzam Men's giant slalom 1:48.01 34 1:52.34 30 3:40.35 30
Men's slalom 1:17.44 29 1:21.77 22 2:39.21 22
Sara Sukhtian Women's giant slalom 2:02.25 25 1:57.16 22 3:59.41 22

References
  1. "Sapporo 2017". www.ocasia.org/. Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  2. "OCA welcomes record number of teams, athletes to Sapporo 2017". www.ocasia.org/. Olympic Council of Asia. 17 February 2017. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. "Jordan to compete at Asian Winter Games". The Jordan Times. Amman, Jordan. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  4. "Jordan Flag Raised At Asian Winter Games". www.joc.jo/. Jordan Olympic Committee. 19 February 2017. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  5. "2017 Sapporo AWG sport entries by NOC". www.sapporo2017.org. 8th Sapporo Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee. 16 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  6. "Jordan starts Asian Winter Games participation". The Jordan Times. Amman, Jordan. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  7. "Jordan Successfully Completes Asian Winter Games Competition". www.joc.jo/. Jordan Olympic Committee. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
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